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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| About the Authors | |
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| Introduction | |
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| What Is Cross-Cultural Human Development? | |
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| Cross-Cultural Human Development and the Other Social Sciences | |
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| Some Important Themes | |
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| A Cross-Cultural Perspective | |
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| Goals for the Field | |
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| An Ecological Model | |
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| The Developmental Niche | |
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| A Developmental Orientation | |
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| A Chronological-Within-Topics Approach | |
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| Another Piece of the Developmental Puzzle: The Human Genome | |
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| Practical Applications | |
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| Overview of the Book | |
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| Some Cross-Cultural Teasers | |
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| Summary | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Further Readings | |
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| Theories and Methodology | |
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| Theories of Development | |
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| What Is a Theory? | |
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| Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Model | |
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| Super and Harkness's Developmental Niche | |
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| Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development | |
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| Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory of Development | |
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| Erikson's Psychosocial Theory | |
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| Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development | |
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| Methodology in Cross-Cultural Human Development | |
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| Studying Development Cross-Culturally: Some Methods, Problems, and Solutions | |
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| Methods for Assessing Components of the Developmental Niche | |
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| Studying Ecological Systems | |
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| Summary | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Further Readings | |
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| Developmental Analysis | |
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| Culture and Socialization | |
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| Ecological Context | |
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| What is Socialization? | |
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| Ecological Model and the Developmental Niche | |
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| Some Cultural Variations in the Socialization of Behavior | |
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| Pregnancy, Prenatal Development, and Birth | |
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| Infancy | |
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| Sleep | |
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| Crying | |
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| Childhood | |
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| Formal Versus Informal Learning | |
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| Adolescence | |
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| Rites of Passage | |
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| Adulthood | |
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| Late Adulthood | |
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| Cultural Views of Aging | |
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| Summary | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Further Readings | |
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| Developmental Analysis | |
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| The Family In Cultural Context | |
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| Ecological Context | |
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| Cultural Variations in the Family Life Cycle | |
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| Mate Selection | |
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| Marriage and Other Long-Term Relationships | |
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| The Birth Process Across Cultures | |
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| The Ecology of Birth | |
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| The Transition to Parenthood | |
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| Infancy and Childhood | |
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| Parental Belief Systems | |
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| Mothering | |
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| Fathering | |
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| Adolescence | |
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| The Ecological Model and Adolescence | |
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| Cross-Cultural Differences in Adolescent Peer Relationships | |
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| Adulthood and Aging | |
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| Grandparenthood | |
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| Caring for the Elderly | |
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| The Changing Context of Families | |
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| Summary | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Further Readings | |
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| Developmental Analysis | |
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| Culture, Language, and Cognition | |
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| Ecological Context: The Language-Cognition-Culture Link | |
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| Infancy | |
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| Early Cognitive Development in Cultural Contexts | |
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| Language Acquisition | |
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| Early Second-Language Acquisition and Bilingualism | |
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| Childhood | |
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| Stages of Knowing and Learning | |
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| Language Skills and Language Socialization | |
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| Adolescence | |
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| Formal Operational Thinking | |
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| Adulthood | |
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| Reasoning and Decision making | |
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| Late Adulthood | |
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| Intelligence and Cognitive Aging | |
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| Language and Communication in Later Life | |
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| Summary | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Further Readings | |
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| Developmental Analysis | |
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| Culture, Self, and Personality | |
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| Ecological Context: Temperament, Personality, and Self | |
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| Temperament and Heritability of Traits | |
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| The Self: Some Cultural Perspectives | |
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| Infancy | |
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| Temperament, Ecological Systems, and the Developmental Niche | |
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| Temperament and "Goodness of Fit" | |
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| Childhood | |
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| The Emerging Self-Concept | |
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| Self-Esteem and Self-Efficacy | |
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| Adolescence | |
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| Identity Formation | |
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| Social Identity Formation | |
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| Adulthood | |
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| A Time of Stability and Change | |
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| Late Adulthood | |
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| Personality Changes in Senescence or Illness | |
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| The "Aging" Self | |
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| Summary | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Further Readings | |
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| Developmental Analysis | |
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| Culture and Social Behavior | |
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| Ecological Context | |
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| Infancy | |
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| Child-Caretaker Relationships and Attachment Patterns | |
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| The Secure-Base Hypothesis | |
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| The Sensitivity Hypothesis | |
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| Moderators of Attachment and Social Development | |
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| Childhood | |
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| Peer Culture and Social Relationships | |
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| Moral Development and Prosocial Orientation | |
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| Cultural Influences on Caring and Justice Orientation | |
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| Aggression | |
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| Adolescence | |
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| Family and Peer Influences on Adolescent Social Behavior | |
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| Cultural Influences on Adolescent Social Behavior | |
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| Adulthood | |
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| Work and Leisure in Middle Adulthood | |
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| Sport as a Social Phenomenon | |
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| Late Adulthood | |
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| Attachment, Social Support, and Well-Being in Later Adulthood | |
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| Summary | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Further Readings | |
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| Developmental Analysis | |
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| Culture and Issues of Gender and Sexuality | |
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| Ecological Context: Theoretical Perspectives on Gender Differences | |
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| Biological Perspectives | |
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| Evolutionary Perspectives | |
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| Socialization and Learning Perspectives | |
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| Infancy | |
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| Sex Preference and Sex Ratio at Birth | |
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| Childhood | |
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| Gender Socialization | |
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| Cultural Influences on Female and Male Socialization | |
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| Gender Relationships in Childhood | |
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| Adolescence | |
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| Markers of Sexual Maturation | |
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| Gender, Sexuality, and Cultural Taboos | |
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| Adulthood | |
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| Status and the Division of Labor Within the Family | |
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| Division of Labor in the Workforce | |
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| Gender Relations in Social Status and Public Policy | |
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| Later Adulthood | |
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| The Experience of Menopause | |
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| Divorce and Widowhood | |
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| Gender Roles and Status in Old Age | |
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| Summary | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Further Readings | |
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| Developmental Analysis | |
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| Culture, Health, and Illness | |
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| Ecological Context: Cultural Concepts of Health and Healing | |
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| Culture-Bound Syndromes | |
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| Medical Diagnosis Across Cultures | |
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| Illness, Stress, and Coping | |
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| Infancy | |
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| Risks to Infant Health | |
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| Childhood | |
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| Childhood Obesity | |
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| Childhood Mental Health | |
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| Ecological Influences on Early Coping Behavior | |
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| Adolescence | |
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| Eating Disorders | |
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| Culture and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) | |
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| Adulthood | |
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| Mental Health Issues | |
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| Acculturation and Adaptation | |
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| Later Adulthood | |
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| Disease and Premature Aging | |
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| Cultural Views on Dementia and Alzeimer's Disease | |
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| Coping with Chronic Illness in Older Age | |
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| The "Good" Death | |
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| Summary | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Further Readings | |
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| Developmental Analysis | |
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| Future Trends and Applications | |
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| Looking Back: A Review of Major Themes and Theories | |
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| Ecological Model | |
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| Developmental Niche | |
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| Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory | |
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| Piaget's Cognitive Developmental Theory | |
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| Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development | |
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| Erikson's Theory of Psychosocial Development | |
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| Where Do We Go from Here? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Further Readings | |
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| References | |
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| Name Index | |
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| Subject Index | |