Culture and Human Development

First Edition

Jaan Valsiner - Aalborg University, Denmark

Other Titles in:
Anthropology (General) | Cultural Psychology | Developmental Psychology (General)

February 2000 | 336 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

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 coherent parts:

Part 1: Developmental theory and methodology;

Part 2: Analysis of environments for human development

Part 3: Cultural organization of pregnancy and infancy;

Part 4: Early childhood development; and Part 5: Entering the world of activities - culturally ruled.

Introduction

How Do We Create Knowledge of Cultural Human Development

PART ONE: DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY AND METHODOLOGY

Stability and Flow in Human Experience

Philosophical Preliminaries

The Developmental Approach

Theoretical Bases of Developmental and Cultural Psychology

Culture and Development

Developmental Methodology in Cultural Development Psychology

PART TWO: ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTS FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Structure and Dynamics of Family/Kinship Groups and Marriage Forms

Cultural Organization of Human Life Environments

PART THREE: CULTURAL ORGANIZATION OF PREGNANCY AND INFANCY

Cultural Nature of Parent-Offspring Differentiation during Pregnancy

Newborn and Infant Development

The Cultural-Ecological Niche

PART FOUR: EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

The Second Year of Life and beyond

Self Regulation and Participation in Early Childhood

PART FIVE: ENTERING THE WORLD OF ACTIVITIES - CULTURALLY RULED

Personal Participation and Its Social-Institutional Guidance

Adolescence

Moving through into Adulthood

This book is very useful for the learners who go the extra mile and look in greater depth at their subject for the very high marks, so I have listed it as supplemental

Ms Liz Swanson

Early Years Health and Care, South Essex College

February 25, 2016

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This is such a well written and informative book providing a wealth of information, leads to other interesting materials and most of all written academically but accessibly too. I even found myself picking it up to read in place of a novel in the evening. I have recommended to others studying Anthropology as it will be a valuable resource. Is a particularly interesting book in regards to Early Year's.

Ms Jane Stevens

Faculty of Society and Health, Bucks New University

January 12, 2014

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brilliant book, very informative.

Mrs Lucinda Richardson

Ctr for Tourism,Consumer & Food Studie, Liverpool John Moores University

September 6, 2012

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