John Whiting is a leading figure in psychological anthropology and a pioneer in the development of systematic cross-cultural research. His work is interdisciplinary, drawing mainly on the fields of anthropology, psychoanalysis, and learning and behavior theory. This book includes some of his most influential articles on culture and human development, and a comprehensive autobiographical essay. Roy D'Andrade's introduction assesses the unique contributions of Whiting and locates his work within the contemporary currents of psychological anthropology.
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John Whiting is a leading figure in psychological anthropology and a pioneer in the development of systematic cross- cultural research. His work is interdisciplinary drawing mainly upon the fields of anthropology, psychoanalysis, and learning and behaviour theory. This book includes some of his most influential articles on culture and human development, and a comprehensive autobiographical essay. Roy D'Andrade's introduction assesses the unique contributions of Whiting and locates his work within the contemporary currents of psychological research.
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This part, theory and methods, contains three selections which introduce the reader to the basic concepts of culture and custom, the need for cross-cultural research, a model for conceptualizing psychocultural research, and the methodological issues involved in selecting appropriate samples and obtaining and analyzing individual and cultural data. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
prolonged postpartum sex taboo, postmenarcheal subfecundity, displaced altruism, prolonged maidenhood, egoistic dimension, long postpartum sex taboo, suggests responsibly, low male salience, exclusive sleeping arrangements, optative identity, male symptomatology, male circumcision rites, psychocultural research, pooled scores, initial indulgence, envied status, involving circumcision, rainy tropics, infant care practices, unpublished fieldnotes, ethnographic sample, defensive masculinity, fraternal interest groups, junior warriors, status envy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South America, North America, United States, Orchard Town, East Eurasia, New Guinea, Laboratory of Human Development, New England, Kung San, East African, Great Britain, Margaret Mead, Kansas City, Western European, Child Development Research Unit, Human Relations Area Files, John Herzog, Kikuyu of Kenya, New World New!
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This part, theory and methods, contains three selections which introduce the reader to the basic concepts of culture and custom, the need for cross-cultural research, a model for conceptualizing psychocultural research, and the methodological issues involved in selecting appropriate samples and obtaining and analyzing individual and cultural data. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
prolonged postpartum sex taboo, postmenarcheal subfecundity, displaced altruism, prolonged maidenhood, egoistic dimension, long postpartum sex taboo, suggests responsibly, low male salience, exclusive sleeping arrangements, optative identity, male symptomatology, male circumcision rites, psychocultural research, pooled scores, initial indulgence, envied status, involving circumcision, rainy tropics, infant care practices, unpublished fieldnotes, ethnographic sample, defensive masculinity, fraternal interest groups, junior warriors, status envy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South America, North America, United States, Orchard Town, East Eurasia, New Guinea, Laboratory of Human Development, New England, Kung San, East African, Great Britain, Margaret Mead, Kansas City, Western European, Child Development Research Unit, Human Relations Area Files, John Herzog, Kikuyu of Kenya, New World New!
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- Social Psychology (Foundations of modern psychology series) by William Wilson Lambert in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Social Psychology (Hodder Arnold Publication) by Donald C. Pennington in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Ethnographic Atlas by George Peter Murdock on page 222, and page 258
- Facing Mount Kenya by Jomo Kenyatta on page 313, and Back Matter
- Ruth Benedict (Leaders of Modern Anthropology) by Margaret Mead on page 129
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- The Psychology of Cultural Experience (Publications of the Society for Psychological Anthropology) by Carmella C. Moore on page 234, page 236, and page 237
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