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Part I General Issues in Culture and Biology Interplay
1 Introduction to Culture and Biology Interplay
The Field of Culture and Biology Interplay
Obstacles to the Integration of Culture and Biology
Principles for the Study of Culture and Biology
History of Culture and Biology Interplay
Levels of Culture and Biology Interplay
Types of Culture and Biology Interplay
Domains of Culture and Biology Interplay Research
Conclusions and Future Directions
2 Integrating Culture and Biology in Psychological Research: Conceptual Clarifications and Recommendations
What Is Cultural Psychology?
On Terminology Used in Cultural Psychology
On the Supposed Biological Basis of Race and the Justified Skepticism of Culture and Biology Research
The Path Forward: Recommendations for a Sensible Science of Culture and Biology
Assess the Psychological Process Underlying Group Differences
Clue in to the Myriad Discussions of Methods Reforms in the Wake of the “Reproducibility Crisis”
Be Especially Attentive to Effect Sizes versus p-Values
Be Skeptical of “Established” Measures of Culture
These Issues Are Not Limited to Culture and Biology
Check Assumptions, Break Barriers, and Seek Collaboration
Conclusions and Future Directions
3 Understanding Religion from Cultural and Biological Perspectives
Where Religions Come From
From Byproducts to Adaptive Religion
Evidence for Supernatural Punishment
Hard-to-Fake Signals and CREDs
Conclusions and Future Directions
4 Introduction to Animal Culture: Is Culture Uniquely Human?
Independence of Ecology and Genetics
Mechanisms of Cultural Transmission
Types of Social Learning and Teaching
Gene–Culture Coevolution and Epigenetics
Conclusions and Future Directions
5 Comparing and Contrasting Primate and Cetacean Culture
Social Systems, Ecology, and Culture
Social, Play, and “Fad” Behaviors
Social Learning Experiments
Conclusions and Future Direction
6 Cultural Phenomena in Cooperatively Breeding Primates
Conclusions and Future Directions
Part III Cultural Genomics
7 How Are Genes Related to Culture? An Introduction to the Field of Cultural Genomics
What Is Cultural Genomics?
Levels of Analysis of Cultural Genomics
Types of Gene–Culture–Environment Interplay
Problems (and Solutions) in Cultural Genomics Research
Conclusions and Future Directions
8 Dual Inheritance, Cultural Transmission, and Niche Construction
Its Not Always One or the Other
Conclusions and Future Directions
9 How the Study of Religion and Culture Informs Genetics and Vice Versa
The Study of Culture and Religion in Psychology
Integrating Culture and Religion with Genetics
The Heritability of Religiosity and the Behavioral Correlates of Religion
Gene–Environment Interactions
Implications for Prosocial Behavior
Implications for Immoral Behavior
Implications for Coping and Well-Being
Conclusions and Future Directions
Part IV Cultural Neurobiology
10 An Introduction to Cultural Neurobiology: Evidence from Physiological Stress Systems
Culturally Informed Theory
Neurobiological Stress Systems
Allostatic Load and Multisystem Approaches
Evidence of Relations between Culture and Neurobiology
Ethnic and Racial Identity
Conclusions and Future Directions
Supportive Family Processes
Biculturalism or Multiculturalism
Cultural Experiences and Identities for Majority-Group Members
Additional Biological Markers of Cultural Relevance
11 Relations among Culture, Poverty, Stress, and Allostatic Load
Allostatic Load: Reconceptualizing the Consequences of Stress
Poverty and Allostatic Load
Culture and Allostatic Load
Mechanisms Underlying Poverty and Allostatic Load: The Influence of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity
Social and Family Processes
Self-Regulatory and Coping Processes
Conclusions and Future Directions
12 Biological Consequences of Unfair Treatment: A Theoretical and Empirical Review
Conceptualizing the Role of Unfair Treatment in Health
Defining and Measuring Biological Pathways
Database Sources and Study Screening
Data Extraction and Study Characteristics
Unfair Treatment and Cardiovascular Functioning
Unfair Treatment and Neuroendocrine Endpoints
Unfair Treatment and Immune Functioning
Conclusions and Future Directions
13 Cultural Experiences, Social Ties, and Stress: Focusing on the HPA Axis
The HPA Axis and the “Stress Hormone” Cortisol
The HPA Axis and Its Sensitivity to Social Experience
The Broad Reach of Culture and Ethnicity: Key Constructs and Why Culture Matters
Cultural Shaping of the Links between Social Ties and the HPA Axis
Conclusions and Future Directions
14 Cultural Influences on Parasympathetic Activity
Heart Rate Variability: The Wandering Biomarker
Heart Rate Variability: From Stressor to Brain and Body
The Paradox of Ethnicity/Race and Heart Rate Variability
Racism, Discrimination, and Heart Rate Variability
Socioeconomic Status and HRV
Conclusions and Future Directions
15 Neurobiology of Stress and Drug Use Vulnerability in Culturally Diverse Communities
Stress and the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis
Chronic Stress and Drug Use Vulnerability
Stress and Drug Use in Racially Diverse Communities
The Black/African-American Community
The American Indian/Alaskan Native Community
Conclusions and Future Directions
Part V Cultural Neuroscience
16 An Introduction to Cultural Neuroscience
What Is Cultural Neuroscience?
Why Study Cultural Neuroscience?
Key Terms for Regions of the Brain in Cultural Neuroscience
Measuring and Manipulating Cultural Constructs of Interest
Making Cross-Cultural Comparisons
Behavioral and Neural Findings
Suggestions for Steps in Designing a Study
Conclusions and Future Directions
17 Neurobiological Causes and Consequences of Cultural Differences in Social Cognition
How Do Environmental Factors Influence Cultural Ideologies? The Parasite Stress Theory of Sociality
What Nudges Culturally Consistent Interpretations of the Social World?
How Does Cultural Background Influence How We Remember the Social World?
Conclusions and Future Directions
18 Culture and Self–Other Overlap in Neural Circuits
Positive Views of the Self and Others
Vicarious Reward and Loss
Conclusions and Future Directions
19 Developmental Cultural Neuroscience: Progress and Prospect
What Is Developmental Cultural Neuroscience?
Why Study Developmental Cultural Neuroscience?
Framework of Developmental Cultural Neuroscience
Culturally Rooted Social Practices Affect Childrens Brain Development
Culturally Shaped Brain Processes Underlie Childrens Real-Life Functioning
Cultural Stereotypes of Adolescence
Conclusions and Future Directions
The Handbook of Culture and Biology
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