Lives Across Cultures: Cross-Cultural Human Development
Interdisciplinary exploration of cross-cultural human development throughout the lifespan.\ Presented in a chronological-within-topics approach, covering the entire lifespan, this text focuses on cultural similarities and differences in human development throughout the world while emphasizing links among theory, research and practical applications. Combining the latest research with vignettes, stories, and personal experiences in their highly-praised, scholarly, yet engaging conversational –...
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The fourth edition of this market-leading cross-cultural human development text offers an interdisciplinary exploration of major 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. Booknews Provides an intelligent, cross-cultural examination of human development throughout the lifespan, integrating basic principles and research findings with abundant concrete examples. Emphasis is placed on cultural-ecological and developmental contextual models that recognize the reciprocal influence of individuals and their surrounding environments. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
ForewordPrefaceAbout the AuthorsCh. 1Introduction1Ch. 2Culture and Socialization23Ch. 3Cultural Aspects of Physical Growth and Development55Ch. 4Culture and Cognition79Ch. 5Culture, Self, and Personality103Ch. 6Culture and Issues of Sex and Gender133Ch. 7Culture and Social Behavior163Ch. 8The Family in Cultural Context193Ch. 9Culture and Health223Ch. 10Looking to the Future253References275Author Index321Subject Index326
\ BooknewsProvides an intelligent, cross-cultural examination of human development throughout the lifespan, integrating basic principles and research findings with abundant concrete examples. Emphasis is placed on cultural-ecological and developmental contextual models that recognize the reciprocal influence of individuals and their surrounding environments. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
