Culture and human development : an introduction

Author(s)

• Valsiner, Jaan

Bibliographic Information

Culture and human development : an introduction

Jaan Valsiner

SAGE, 2000

• : hard
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-315) and index

Description and Table of Contents

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: Cultural organization of pregnancy and infancy; Part 4: Early childhood development; and Part 5: Entering the world of activities - culturally ruled.

Table of Contents

Introduction How Do We Create Knowledge of Cultural Human Development PART ONE: DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY AND METHODOLOGY Stability and Flow in Human Experience Philosophical Preliminaries The Developmental Approach Theoretical Bases of Developmental and Cultural Psychology Culture and Development Developmental Methodology in Cultural Development Psychology PART TWO: ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTS FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Structure and Dynamics of Family/Kinship Groups and Marriage Forms Cultural Organization of Human Life Environments PART THREE: CULTURAL ORGANIZATION OF PREGNANCY AND INFANCY Cultural Nature of Parent-Offspring Differentiation during Pregnancy Newborn and Infant Development The Cultural-Ecological Niche PART FOUR: EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT The Second Year of Life and beyond Self Regulation and Participation in Early Childhood PART FIVE: ENTERING THE WORLD OF ACTIVITIES - CULTURALLY RULED Personal Participation and Its Social-Institutional Guidance Adolescence Moving through into Adulthood

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Details

• NCID: BA45369186
• ISBN:
  • 0761956832
  • 0761956840
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 319 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 155
  • NDC10 : 143
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Developmental psychology
  • LCSH : Social psychology