Culture and Human Development
The Selected Papers of John Whiting

Table of Contents

List of figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: John Whiting and anthropology Roy G. D'Andrade
Fifty years as a behavioral scientist: autobiographical notes John W. M. Whiting
Part I. Theory and Methods: Introduction
1. Contributions of anthropology to the methods of studying child rearing with B. B. Whiting
2. The cross-cultural method
3. A model for psychocultural research
Part II. Environment and History: Introduction
4. Environmental constraints on infant care practices
5. The learning of values with E. H. Chasdi, H. F. Antonovsky and B. C. Ayres
Part III. Moral Development: Introduction
6. Sorcery, sin, and the superego: a cross-cultural study of some mechanisms of social control
7. Resource meditation and learning by identification
Part IV. Gender Development: Introduction
8. The absent father and cross-sex identity with R. V. Burton
9. Effects of climate on certain cultural practices
10. Male sex-role resolutions with R. L. Monroe and R. H. Monroe
Part V. Development of Social Behavior: Introduction
11. Altruistic and egoistic behavior in six cultures with B. B. Whiting
12. The duration of maidenhood across cultures with V. K. Burbank and M. S. Ratner
13. Social change in adolescent sexual behavior, mate selection, and premarital pregnancy rates in a Kikuyu community with C. M. Worthman
Bibliography
Complete bibliography of John W. M. Whiting's work
Index.

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