Table of Contents 1. Defining and measuring social change2. The myth of modernisation?3. More beautiful than a monkey: the achievement of intimacy4. Friends and social networks5. Sex and the modern city6. Marriage and the family7. Modeling social change and relationships Goodwin critically reviews the literature on modernisation and contemporary relationships, challenging simplistic conclusions about…

  The 6th edition contains various perspectives on counseling individuals from numerous diverse cultural contexts. In 24 chapters the contributors discuss the cultural context of accurate assessment and appropriate interventions in counseling, highlighting work with groups including African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, Arabs and Muslims, refugees, victims of disasters, individuals experiencing the consequences…

   A significant factor in determining interpersonal relationships acros cultures is gender. It can have great importance to be able to understand how culture influences gender role expectations, marital satisfaction or the managing of conflicts in close relationships. Among the twelve chapters, seven are related to the psychological tasks that cultural diversity poses and five…

  Table of Contents Chapter 1: Culture and Human NatureChapter 2; Cultural EvolutionChapter 3: Methods for Studying Culture and PsychologyChapter 4: Development and SocializationChapter 5: Self and PersonalityChapter 6: MotivationChapter 7: Morality, Religion, and JusticeChapter 8: EmotionsChapter 9: Cognition and PerceptionChapter 10: Mental and Physical HealthChapter 11: Interpersonal Attraction, Close Relationships, and GroupsChapter 12: Living…

  Reflecting author √áigdem Kagitcibasi’s influential work over the last two decades, this new edition examines human development, the self, and the family in a cultural context. It challenges the existing assumptions in mainstream western psychology about the nature of individuals. The author proposes a new model‚-the ‚”Autonomous-Related Self‚”‚-which expands on existing theory by demonstrating how…

  Cultures of Infancy presents the first systematic analysis of culturally informed developmental pathways, synthesizing evolutionary and cultural psychological perspectives for a broader understanding of human development. In this compelling book, author Heidi Keller utilizes ethnographic reports, as well as quantitative and qualitative analyses, to illustrate how humans resolve evolved and universal developmental tasks with…

    Published as a volume in the series entitled ‚”Advances in Cultural Psychology: Constructing Human Development‚”, series editor Jaan Valsiner describes the book as ‚”a landmark in contemporary cultural psychology‚”.  Ernest E. Boesch is a pioneer in cultural psychology and founder of the so-called Saarbr√ºcken School of Cultural Psychology.  Part I consists of four…

This book address the issues of increased one-parent families, high divorce rates, second marriages and homosexual partnerships all in relationship to the variations in the traditional family structure.  The book examines how the function of the family has changes and the extent these changes have occurred throughout the world.   Table of Contents:   1.…

This book explores the way in which immigrant adolescents carry out their lives at the intersection of two cultures (those of their heritage group and the national society), and how well these youth are adapting to their intercultural experience, in both their personal well-being and their school and community adjustment. People in all societies experiencing…

As intercultural encounters between people in the modern world become more common, important questions have been raised about the nature of culture specific differences and similarities. Focusing on the relationship between culture and human development, this timely book offers an interdisciplinary exploration of key developmental processes. It combines psychological and sociological approaches with cross-cultural research…