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Culture and Human Development
Jaan Valsiner
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Description for Culture and Human Development
Paperback. A cultural perspective on every developmental stage from pregnancy to old age, demonstrating the interface between cultural psychology and developmental psychology. It features broad coverage of theoretical and methodological issues which have relevance to this field of enquiry. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JH; JMC; JMH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 192 x 19. Weight in Grams: 616.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Weight
616g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Thousand Oaks, United States
ISBN
9780761956846
SKU
V9780761956846
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Ref
99-1
About Jaan Valsiner
Jaan Valsiner is Niels Bohr Professor of Cultural Psychology at Aalborg University, Denmark. He is the founding editor (1995) of the Sage journal, Culture & Psychology. And of The Oxford Handbook of Culture and Psychology (2012). He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Sciences (Springer, from 2007). In 1995 he was awarded the Alexander von ... Read more
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