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Author Valsiner, Jaan.

Title Culture and human development : an introduction / Jaan Valsiner.

Publication Info. London : Sage Publications, [2000]
©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 319 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Developmental Ser.
Developmental Ser.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-315) and index.
Contents pt. 1. Developmental theory and methodology -- pt. 2. Analysis of environments for human development -- pt. 3. Cultural organization of pregnancy and infancy -- pt. 4. Early childhood development -- pt. 5. Entering the world of activities-- culturally ruled.
Summary 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 co.
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Subject Ethnopsychology.
Ethnopsychology.
Children -- Growth.
Children -- Growth.
Personality and culture.
Personality and culture.
Environmental psychology.
Environmental psychology.
Developmental psychology -- Cross-cultural studies.
Developmental psychology.
Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies.
Subject Personality and culture -- Cross-cultural studies.
Personality in children -- Cross-cultural studies.
Personality in children.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Children.
Other Form: Print version: Valsiner, Jaan. Culture and human development. London : Sage Publications, ©2000 9780761956839 (DLC) 99075645
ISBN 9780857022042 (electronic book)
0857022040 (electronic book)
9781446217924 (ebook)
1446217922 (ebook)
9780761956846
0761956840
9780761956839
0761956832
0761956840 (paperback)
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