Perspectives on Human Development, Family, and Culture

igdem Kagitibasi has long been at the forefront of research in developmental and cultural psychology, and is one of the worlds most highly respected cross-cultural psychologists. This collection of essays has been produced in honor of Professor Kagitibasis retirement and to commemorate her contribution to the field. The volume examines social, developmental, and cultural psychology and intervention policies. A select group of international expert scholars explore those aspects of human behavior that are observed in all cultures, as well as those that are unique to each. They also examine changes in the family across socio-cultural contexts and generations in order to understand the factors precipitating these changes. Representing the most recent developments in theory and research in the field, this is a cutting-edge volume that will appeal to researchers and students of developmental and cross-cultural psychology across the world. Contents
Preface
Foreword M. Brewster Smith
Part I. Cultural and Cross-Cultural Psychology: Selected Perspectives: 1. Indigenization and beyond: the process and extent of psychologys growth as an international science John G. Adair
2. The continuing quest for psychological universals in categories, dimensions, taxonomies, and patterns of human behavior Walt J. Lonner
3. Circumnavigating the psychological globe: from yin and yang to starry, starry night Michael Harris Bond
4. The emerging global psychology movement: lessons from Arab psychology Uwe P. Gielen
Part II. Development in the Family Context: 5. Organizing principles and processes from developmental science for culture and caregiving Marc H. Bornstein and Derya Gngr
6. A social change and human development perspective on the value of children Gisela Trommsdorff
7. Turkish family structure and functioning Bilge Ataca
8. Mothers and fathers child rearing practices and self-esteem in three generations of urban Turkish families Diane Sunar
Part III. Culture and Self: 9. In search of the autonomous-relational self-construal Peter B. Smith
10. Culture and developmental pathways of relationship formation Heidi Keller and Robin Harwood
11. Microgenesis of narrative competence during preschool interactions: effects of the relational context Aylin C. Kntay
12. Self-development, individuation, and culture: a psychoanalytic search Gler Okman Fisek
Part IV. Social Change, Family, and Gender: 13. One or two pathways to modernity? A systematic comparison of Kagitibasis Model of Family Change and the Model of the Second Demographic Transition Bernhard Nauck
14. Living together in culturally-plural societies: understanding and managing acculturation and multiculturalism John W. Berry
15. Cultural continuity and discontinuity in Turkish migrant families: extending the Model of Family Change Karen Phalet and Derya Gngr
16. Values and attitudes of young people in urban Turkey: a further test of Schwartzs theory of values and Kagitibasis Model of Family Change Hale Bolak Boratav
17. Career development of professional women in Turkey Zeynep Aycan
Part V. Induced Change: 18. Adapting intervention programs for use across societies: between valid transfer and cultural imposition Ype H. Poortinga
19. Design of culturally-appropriate developmental interventions Nazli Baydar
20. Designing, implementing, sustaining, and evaluating idiocultures for learning and development: the case study of the Fifth Dimension Michael Cole
21. Intervention programs to improve cognitive skills Sami Glgz
22. Pro-poor approaches to using technology for human development: monitoring and evaluation perspectives Daniel A. Wagner
Epilogue T. S. Saraswathi.

Author/Editor Details
Edited by: Sevda Bekman, Bogazii University, Istanbul
Edited by: Ayhan Aksu-Ko, Bogazii University, Istanbul