Coming of Age in Samoa¶
Mead, M. (1928). Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation.
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- Enculturation
- Mead's 1928 ethnographic work on Samoan adolescence demonstrated that personality development, sexual behavior, and social anxiety are not universal or biologically fixed but culturally variable products of enculturation patterns— cultures that emphasize high parental standards and competition produce anxious youth, while cultures that distribute child-rearing responsibility and de-emphasize achievement produce relaxed adolescence
This sourceEthnographic argument that adolescent experience is culturally variable, not biologically fixed — supports the claim that personality/anxiety in Samoan adolescence are products of enculturation patterns (D29-093).
- Mead's 1928 ethnographic work on Samoan adolescence demonstrated that personality development, sexual behavior, and social anxiety are not universal or biologically fixed but culturally variable products of enculturation patterns— cultures that emphasize high parental standards and competition produce anxious youth, while cultures that distribute child-rearing responsibility and de-emphasize achievement produce relaxed adolescence
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