Culture and Human Development

Culture and Human Development
ISBN-10
0761956840
ISBN-13
9780761956846
Category
Social Science
Pages
319
Language
English
Published
2000-02-02
Publisher
SAGE
Author
Jaan Valsiner

Description

This major new textbook by Jaan Valsiner focuses on the interface between cultural psychology and developmental psychology. Intended for students from undergraduate level upwards, the book provides a wide-ranging overview of the cultural perspective on human development, with illustrations from pre-natal development to adulthood. A key feature is the broad coverage of theoretical and methodological issues which have relevance to this truly interdisciplinary field of enquiry encompassing developmental psychology, cultural anthropology and comparative sociology. The text is organized into five coherent parts: Part 1: Developmental theory and methodology; Part 2: Analysis of environments for human development Part 3:

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