ABSTRACT
Researchers and theoreticians commonly acknowledge the profound impact of culture on all aspects of development. However, many in the field are often unaware of the latest cultural literatures or how development proceeds in places other than their home locations. This comprehensive handbook covers all domains of developmental science from a cultural point of view and in all regions of the globe. Part 1 covers domains of development across cultures, and Part 2 focuses on development in different places around the world. The Handbook documents child and caregiver characteristics associated with cultural variation, and it charts relations between cultural and developmental variations in physical, mental, emotional, and social development in children, parents, and cultural groups.
This contemporary and scholarly resource of culture in development covers theoretical, methodological, substantive, and ethnic issues as well as geographic approaches. Each chapter includes an introduction, historical and demographic considerations, theory, an overview of the most important classical and modern research studies, recommended future directions in theory and research, and a conclusion. The chapters focus on children from the prenatal stage through adolescence.
Interdisciplinary in nature, the Handbook will appeal to human development theoreticians, researchers, and students in psychology, education, and pediatrics. Ideal for those new to the field, readers will appreciate the plethora of cultural examples from all fields of child and human development and developmental examples from all fields of cultural study.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I Domains of Development Across Cultures
chapter |18 pages
Culture
chapter |18 pages
Methodology
chapter |22 pages
Survival and Health
chapter |28 pages
Motor Skill
chapter |38 pages
Perception
chapter |16 pages
Cognition
chapter |18 pages
Language
chapter |14 pages
Literacy
chapter |20 pages
Emotions and Temperament
chapter |14 pages
Self and Personality
chapter |14 pages
Gender
chapter |16 pages
Peers
chapter |20 pages
Socialization
chapter |20 pages
Parenting
chapter |18 pages
Religion
part |2 pages
Part II Development in Different Places on Earth