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Lives Across Cultures

by: Gardiner, Harry W.; Kosmitzki, Corinne

Lives Across Cultures

by: Gardiner, Harry W.; Kosmitzki, Corinne

ISBN 13:
9780205494750
ISBN 10:
0205494757
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2008
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
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The fourth edition of this market-leading cross-cultural human development text offers an interdisciplinary exploration ofmajor developmental topics across the lifespan.Presented in a chronological-within-topics approach, this text focuses on cultural contexts throughout the world while emphasizing links between theory, research and practical applications.

Introduction
What is Cross-Cultural Human Development?
Cross-Cultural Human Development and the Other Social Sciences
Some Important Themes
A Cross-Cultural Perspective Goals for the Field An Ecological Model
The Developmental Niche
A Developmental Orientation
A Chronological-Within-Topics Approach
Practical Applications
Overview of the Book
Some Cross-Cultural Teasers
Summary Study Questions
Further Readings
Theories and Methodology
Theories of Development
What Is a Theory?
Bronfenbrennerrsquo;s Ecological Model Super and Harknessrsquo;s
Developmental Niche Piagetrsquo;s
Theory of Cognitive Development Vygotskyrsquo;s Sociocultural
Theory of Development Eriksonrsquo;s Psychosocial
Theory Kohlbergrsquo;s
Theory of Moral Development Methodology in Cross-Cultural
Human Development
Studying Development
Cross Culturally: Some Methods, Problems, and Solutions
Methods for Assessing Components of the Developmental
Niche Studying Ecological Systems
Summary Study Questions
Further Readings
Developmental Analysis
Culture and Socialization
What is Socialization?
Ecological Model and the Development
Niche Some Cultural Variations in the Socialization of Behavior
Infancy Childhood Adolescence Adulthood
Summary Study Questions
Further Readings
Developmental Analysis
Cultural Aspects of Physical Growth and Development Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Physical Development
The Prenatal Period Infancy and Early Childhood
Middle Childhood
Adolescence Early and Middle Adulthood
Later Adulthood
Summary Study Questions
Further Readings
Developmental Analysis
Culture, Language, and Cognition
The Language-Cognition-Culture Link Infancy
Early Cognitive Development in Cultural Contexts Language Acquisition
Early Second-Language Acquisition and Bilingualism
Childhood Stages of Knowing and Learning Language Skills and Language Socialization Adolescence and Early Adulthood
Formal Operational Thinking Analytic Thinking and Problem-Solving
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