Selected Papers from the 1st International Congress on Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection   Topics covered include: Psychological Adjustment and Clinical Issues Family Interaction and Styles of Parenting Resilience and Coping with Perceived Rejection Comparative Studies of Parental Acceptance-Rejection Methodological Issues. 

  In this new book top specialists address theoretical, methodological, and empirical multilevel models as they relate to the analysis of individual and cultural data. Divided into four parts, the book opens with the basic conceptual and theoretical issues in multilevel research, including the fallacies of such research. Part II describes the methodological aspects of…

  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…

Table of Contents 1. General introduction to cultural transmission: developmental psychological, social and methodological aspects – Ute Schönpflug 2. Cultural transmission: a short history of research and theory – Ute Schönpflug Part I. Evolutionary Perspective: 3. Cultural transmission: a view from chimpanzees and human infants  – Michael Tomasello 4. Transmission, self-organization and the emergence of…

  DescriptionIn recent years there has been a wealth of new research in cognition, particularly in relation to supporting theoretical constructs about how cognitions are formed, processed, reinforced, and how they then affect behavior. Many of these theories have arisen and been tested in geographic isolation. It remains to be seen whether theories that purport…

   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…