Lene Arnett Jensen is Senior Research Scientist at Clark University. Together with colleagues, she has conducted research on moral development and identity in countries such as Denmark, India, Thailand, Turkey, and the United States. Her "cultural-developmental" theoretical approach conceptualizes the lifespan in terms of flexible developmental templates that accommodate cultural diversity.Her recent and forthcoming publications include Child Development: A Cultural Approach, Third Edition (forthcoming, Pearson), Human Development: A Cultural Approach, Third Edition (2019, Pearson), Child Development Worldwide: A Cultural Approach (2018, Pearson), Oxford Handbook of Human Development and Culture (2016, Oxford University Press), Moral Development in a Global World (2015, Cambridge University Press), and Bridging Cultural and Developmental Psychology (2011, Oxford University Press). From 2004 to 2015, she was editor-in-chief for the journal New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. In recent years, she has been a visiting professor at Stanford University, Aalborg University in Denmark, Maharaja Sayajirao University in India, and the University of Bordeaux in France.

The collection is largely technically proficient, and essays reference a variety of academic literature.

• INTRODUCTION Chapter 1. Moral Development: From Paradigms to PluralityLene Arnett Jensen PART ONE MORAL MOTIVES Chapter 2. The Development of CareOfra Mayseless Chapter 3. The Development of Prosocial MotivesGustavo Carlo and Sarah L. Pierotti Chapter 4. Culture and the Development of Moralities of CommunityJoan G. Miller and Malin Källberg-Shroff Chapter 5. The Development of Moral Self-AwarenessRoss A. Thompson PART THREE BASIC PROCESSES AND THEORETICAL APPROACHES Chapter 6. The Development of Moral Self-PresentationRobin Banerjee, Gail Heyman, and Kang Lee Chapter 7. The Development of Purpose: An International PerspectiveWilliam Damon and Heather Malin Chapter 8. Moral Identity DevelopmentSam A. Hardy, Tobias Krettenauer, and Natasha Hunt Chapter 9. The Development of Moral Values in Cultural ContextGisela Trommsdorff Chapter 10. Parent-Child Value Similarity: Broadening from Intergenerational Transmission to Reciprocal Influences, Genetics, and Environmental AntecedentAriel Knafo-Noam, Daniela Barni, and Shalom H. Schwartz Chapter 11. Integrating Cultural Values Through Everyday Experiences: Yucatec Maya Children's Moral DevelopmentSuzanne Gaskins Chapter 12. The Development of Critical ConsciousnessScott Seider, Aaliyah El-Amin, and Lauren Leigh Kelly Chapter 13. The Development of Moral Reasoning: From Common Beginnings to Diverse Life Course PathwaysLene Arnett Jensen Chapter 14. Emotion Experiences in Moral Context: Developmental PerspectivesTina Malti, Joanna Peplak, and Erinn Acland PART TWO: MORAL BEHAVIORS Chapter 15. The Emergence of Moral Responses and SensitivityJ. Kiley Hamlin and Enda Tan Chapter 16. Early Developments in Acts and Evaluations of Helping: When and How to Help? Audun Dahl Chapter 17. Development of Moral Disengagement: Learning to Make Wrong RightKay Bussey Chapter 18. The Development of Communal and Spiritual Dutifulness in India: Upholding Dharma, Offering SevaRachana Bhangaokar Chapter 19. Volunteerism S. Mark Pancer Chapter 20. The Lifespan Development of GenerativityMichael W. Pratt, M. Kyle Matsuba, Heather L. Lawford, and Feliciano Villar Chapter 21. The Psychology of Filial Piety and Moral Decision-Making in Chinese PeopleKuang-Hui Yeh and Olwen Bedford Chapter 22. The Development of ForgivenessRobert D. Enright and Jacqueline Y. Song Chapter 23. The Development of Pro-Environmentalism in Context M. Kyle Matsuba, Tobias Krettenauer, and Michael W. Pratt Chapter 24. Moral Flourishing in Later Life through Purpose beyond the SelfAnne Colby, Matthew Bundick, Kathleen Remington, and Emily Morton PART THREE: CONTEXTS OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT Chapter 25. Family and Moral DevelopmentLaura M. Padilla-Walker and Madison K. Memmott-Elison Chapter 26. Conversations and Moral DevelopmentAllison DiBianca Fasoli Chapter 27. Master Narratives, Ethics, and MoralityMoin Syed, Monisha Pasupathi, and Kate C. McLean Chapter 28. Childcare, Culture, and Child Development: A Swedish PerspectiveLaura Ferrer-Wreder, Lilianne Eninger, Hanna Ginner Hau, Tina M. Olsson, Mina Sedem, Sarah Thomas, and Mara Allodi Westling Chapter 29. Play Groups as a Context for Moral DevelopmentDoris Bergen and Darrel R. Davis Chapter 30. Youth Programs as Contexts for Development of Ethical Judgment and ActionReed W. Larson, Kathrin C. Walker, and Gina McGovern Chapter 31. Moral Development in Civic and Political Context Daniel Hart Chapter 32. Religious Groups and Institutions as a Context for Moral Development: Religion as Fertile GroundPamela Ebstyne King, Sarah A. Schnitker, and Benjamin J. Houltberg Chapter 33. Secular Living as a Context for Moral DevelopmentPhil Zuckerman and Kyle Thompson Chapter 34. Ethnicity and Race as Contexts for Moral DevelopmentDeborah Rivas-Drake and Michael Medina Chapter 35. Media as a Context for Studying Moral DevelopmentMarina Krcmar and Drew P. Cingel Chapter 36. Globalization as a Context for Moral DevelopmentJessica McKenzie PART FOUR: APPLICATIONS AND POLICIES Chapter 37. Moral Self-Identity and Character DevelopmentDaniel Lapsley, Timothy Reilly, and Darcia Narvaez Chapter 38. Moral Choices in Digital Games: Pixelated MoralityCleve Graver and Fran C. Blumberg Chapter 39. The Interplay of Developing Morality and Gender Attitudes Rebecca S. Bigler and Lynn S. Liben Chapter 40. Moral Implications of Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors Related to Sexual and Gender Diversity Russell B. Toomey, Maura Shramko, Stacey Horn, and V. Paul Poteat Chapter 41. The Environmental Commons: Collective Moral Actions and PoliciesConstance Flanagan, Becca Jo Dower, Morgan Smallwood, Erin Gallay, Alisa Pykett, and Clifton Skye