Ute Schönpflug is a member of the Free University of Berlin's Department of Psychology and Adjunct Member of the Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Colorado. She is also Associate Editor of the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology and is author of Psychologie des Erst- und Zweitspracherwerbs (Psychology of First and Second Language Acquisition).

• 1. General introduction to cultural transmission: developmental psychological, social and methodological aspects Ute Schönpflug; 2. Cultural transmission: a short history of research and theory Ute Schönpflug; Part I. Evolutionary Perspective: 3. Cultural transmission: a view from chimpanzees and human infants Michael Tomasello; 4. Transmission, self-organization and the emergence of language: a dynamic systems point of view Paul van Geert; 5. Relationship-specific intergenerational family ties: an evolutionary approach to the structure of cultural transmission Harald A. Euler, Sabine Hoier and Percy A. Rohde; Part II. Cross-Cultural Perspective: 6. An ecocultural perspective on cultural transmission: the family across cultures John W. Berry and James Georgas; 7. Intergenerational relations and cultural transmission Gisela Trommsdorff; 8. Intergenerational transmission, social capital and interethnic contact in immigrant families Bernhard Nauck; 9. Developmental processes related to intergenerational transmission of culture: growing up with two cultures in the U.S.A. Amado M. Padilla; 10. The transmission process: mechanisms and contexts Ute Schönpflug and Ludwig Bilz; 11. Accounting for parent-child value congruence: theoretical considerations and empirical evidence Ariel Knafo and Shalom H. Schwartz; 12. Culture, migration, and family value socialization: a theoretical model and empirical investigation with Russian immigrant youth in Israel Ariel Knafo, Avi Assor, Shalom H. Schwartz and Limor David; 13. Immigrant parents' age expectations for the development of their adolescent offspring: transmission effects and changes after immigration Eva Schmitt-Rodermund and Rainer K. Silberseisen; Part III. Intracultural Variations: 14. Intergenerational transmission of moral capital across the family life course Merril Silverstein and Stephen J. Conroy; 15. Similarity of life goals in the family: a three-generations study Alexander Grob and Wibke Weisheit; 16. The intergenerational transmission of xenophobia and rightism in East Germany Bernd Six, Kristina Geppert and Ute Schönpflug; 17. Intergenerational transmission of violence Haci-Halil Uslucan and Urs Fuhrer; 18. 'Don't trust anyone over 25': youth centrism, intergenerational transmission of political orientations and cultural change Tom ter Bogt, Wim Meeus, Quinten Raaijmakers, Frits van Wel and Wilma Vollebergh; 19. Value transmission and Zeitgeist revisited Klaus Boehnke, Andreas Hadjar and Dirk Baier; 20. Epilogue: towards a model of cultural transmission Ute Schönpflug.

“Reflecting the interdisciplinary history, research, and theories of cultural transmission, this volume brings together contributions on evolutionary and biological aspects of cultural transmission, cross-cultural perspectives, as well as intergenerational transmission and cultural variation. This timely, engaging volume raises new questions about the models and mechanisms of cultural transmission and identifies important challenges facing researchers investigating this universal process. The scope and significance of the contributions in this volume make it essential reading for social scientists concerned with the role of culture in human behavior.” —Deborah L. Best, Wake Forest University