Culture and Human Development
The Selected Papers of John Whiting

A collection of essays by John Whiting, a leading figure in psychological anthropology and a pioneer in the development of systematic cross-cultural research.

John Whiting (Author), Eleanor Hollenberg Chasdi (Edited by), Roy D'Andrade (Introduction by)

9780521435154, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 25 November 1993

374 pages, 5 b/w illus. 39 tables
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.67 kg

'Psychologists keen to escape the confines of a narrow laboratory approach to the study of human behaviour should find this volume offers a window to an almost forgotten enterprise relevant to their contemporary concerns.' The Times Higher Education Supplement

John Whiting is a leading figure in psychological anthropology and one of the pioneers in the development of systematic cross-cultural research. His work is interdisciplinary, and he draws mainly upon the fields of anthropology, psychoanalysis, and learning and behaviour theory. This book, first published in 1993, includes some of his most influential articles on culture and human development, as well as a comprehensive autobiographical essay. Roy D'Andrade's introduction assesses the unique contributions of John Whiting and locates his work within the contemporary currents of psychological research.

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.

Subject Areas: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography [JHMC]