Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Contributors; I. Introduction; II. Historical Issues in the Gap Between Cultural and Biological Sciences; III. A Theory of Cultural Neuroscience; IV. Cultural Neuroscience: An Overview; V. The Cultural Neuroscience Toolbox; VI. Cultural Influences on Brain Structure and Function; VII. Candidate Psychological Process for Future Cultural Neuroscience Research; VIII. A Model for Studying Culture-Gene Interactions in Brain and Behavior; IX. Multiple Timescales for Culture-Brain Interactions
X. Mechanisms for Mutual Constitution of Culture and BrainXI. Links to Other Areas Within Cultural and Biological Sciences; XII. Implications of Cultural Neuroscience; Chapter 1 Cultural Neuroscience: Understanding Human Diversity; I. Introduction; II. Life History Theory and Ecological Variation 81; III. Fundamental Motives and Human Life History; IV. Some Examples Linking Life History and Varying Cultural Norms; V. Life History Research can Reveal Links Between Different Aspects of Human Culture; VI. Flexible Decision Biases and the Dynamical Emergence of Norms
VII. Culture Through the Lens of Life History TheoryVIII. Conclusion; Chapter 2 Economics, Sex, and the Emergence of Society; I. Introduction; II. A Partial History of the Study of Socialization; III. Studying Socialization via Narrative Practices: A Personal History; IV. Personal Storytelling in Taipei and Longwood; V. Conclusion; VI. Into the Future; Chapter 3 Entries into Meaning: Socialization via Narrative in the Early Years; I. Introduction; II. Study Samples and Methodological Issues; III. Folkecological thought in Cultural Perspective
IV. Taking Multiple Perspectives on Cultural DifferencesV. The Systems-Level Perspective: Cultures as Ecosystems; VI. Conclusion; Chapter 4 Culture and Epistemologies: Putting Culture Back Into the Ecosystem; I. Introduction; II. What are Values?; III. Is the Circular Structure of Values Universal?; IV. Correlates of Values at the Individual Level: A Different Take on the Circular Structure; V. Do Values Capture Cultural Differences?; VI. The Search for Cultural Value Structures; VII. Substituting the Individual with the Country Level Structure-Does it Matter?
VIII. ReIntegrating Equivalence and Isomorphism with Human DevelopmentIX. Implications and Future Research; X. Conclusions; Chapter 5 What Values Can (and Cannot) Tell Us About Individuals, Society, and Culture; I. Introduction; II. Sacred Values and the Material World; III. Conclusion; Chapter 6 Sacred Values and Cultural Conflict; I. Introduction; II. Historical Context and Intellectual Roots; III. Cultural Psychology of Asian American Individuals and Families; IV. Conclusion; Chapter 7 Asian American Psychology: Individuals and Families in Global and Historical Contexts; Index; Footnotes
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