Contents

pp vii-viii

List of figures

pp ix-x

Preface

pp xi-xii

Acknowledgments

pp xiii-xiv

Introduction: John Whiting and anthropology

pp 1-13

Fifty years as a behavioral scientist: autobiographical notes

pp 14-42

Part I - Theory and methods

pp 43-44

Introduction

pp 45-47

1 - Contributions of anthropology to the methods of studying child rearing

pp 48-75

2 - The cross-cultural method

pp 76-88

3 - A model for psychocultural research

pp 89-102

Part II - Environment and history

pp 103-104

Introduction

pp 105-106

4 - Environmental constraints on infant care practices

pp 107-134

5 - The learning of values

pp 135-170

Part III - Moral development

pp 171-172

Introduction

pp 173-174

6 - Sorcery, sin, and the superego: a cross-cultural study of some mechanisms of social control

pp 175-193

7 - Resource mediation and learning by identification

pp 194-204

Part IV - Gender development

pp 205-206

Introduction

pp 207-209

8 - The absent father and cross-sex identity

pp 210-220

9 - Effects of climate on certain cultural practices

pp 221-236

10 - Male sex-role resolutions

pp 237-262

Part V - Development of social behavior

pp 263-264

Introduction

pp 265-266

11 - Altruistic and egoistic behavior in six cultures

pp 267-281

12 - The duration of maidenhood across cultures

pp 282-305

13 - Social change in adolescent sexual behavior, mate selection, and premarital pregnancy rates in a Kikuyu community

pp 306-323