Syllabus

Readings

Week 2:

Population Migration and the Variation of Dopamine D4 Receptor(DRD4) Allele Frequencies Around the Globe - Chen et al

In our genes - Henry Harpending and Gregory Cochran

Population and familial association between D4 dopamine receptor gene and measures of Novelty Seeking - Benjamin et al

Week 3:

An fMRI Investigation of Race-Related Amygdala Activity in African American and Caucasion American Individuals - Lieberman et al

Social Categorization and the Formation of Intergroup Attitudes in Children

The Ingroup and its Relevance to Individual Behavior: A Study of Collectivism and Individualism - Jyoti Verma

Week 4:

The Prevalence and Consequences of Adolescents' Language Brokering for Their Immigrant Parents - Ruth Chao

Conceptualizing Interpersonal Relationships in the Cultural Context of individualism and Collectivism - Raeff et al

The work kids do: Mexican and Central American immigrant children's contributions to households and schools in California - Marjorie Orellana

Transnational Childhoods: The Participation of Children in Processes of Family Migration - Orellana et al

Additional Assigned Reading

Landscapes of Childhood, Chapter 1 - Marjorie Orellana

Week 5:

Bicultural Social Development

Intergroup Attitudes among Ethnic Minority Adolescents: A Causal Model

Week 6:

Becoming a Team: Individualism, Collectivism, Ethnicity, and Group Socialization in Los Angeles Girls’ Basketball - C.L. Kernan & P.M. Greenfield

Across cultural divides: The value of a superordinate group identity - Gaertner et al

**NOTE: when printing this paper, choose "fit to paper" for the scaling option**

Week 7:

Gesture - Adam Kendon

Spontaneous sign systems created by deaf children in two cultures - Susan Goldin-Meadow & Carolyn Mylander

The Cultural Bounds Of Maternal Accommodation: How Chinese and American Mothers Communicate With Deaf and Hearing Children - Susan Goldin-Meadow and Jody Saltzman

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