Cross-cultural perspectives in human development : theory, research, and applications /

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Imprint:New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2003.
Description:401 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5158659
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Other authors / contributors:Saraswati, T. S.
ISBN:0761997687
0761997695 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Theoretical Perspectives
  • Ecocultural Perspectives on Human Psychological Development
  • Wanted
  • A Contextualized Psychology: Plea for a Cultural Psychology Based on Action Theory
  • Ontogeny as the Interface between Biology and Culture
  • Evolutionary Considerations
  • Theoretical Framework in Cross-Cultural Developmental Psychology
  • An Attempt at Integration
  • Human Development across Culture
  • A Contextual-Functional Analysis and Implication for Intervention
  • Part 2. Research and Applications
  • Conceptualizing Human Development and Education in Sub-Saharan Africa at the Interface of Indigenous and Exogenous Influences - A Bame Nsamenang
  • Modernization and Change in Adolescent Social Life
  • Adolescence without Family Disengagement
  • The Daily Family Life of Indian Middle Class Teenagers
  • From Research Projects to Nationwide Programme
  • The Mother-Child Education Programme of Turkey
  • Counting on Everyday Mathematics
  • Current Issues and Trends in Early Childhood Education