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Valsiner, Jaan,

Culture and the development of children's action : a theory of human development / Jaan Valsiner. - Second edition. - xx, 364 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-358) and index.

Developmental and Nondevelopmental Orientations in Psychology, and their Contexts -- Basic Assumptions Underlying Psychological Research -- Crossroads of the Deductive and Inductive Lines of Knowledge Construction in Psychology -- Theoretical Bases for a Theory of "Bounded Indeterminacy" of Development -- The Theoretical System -- Actions in Culturally Organized Contexts: Settings of Mealtimes -- Cultural Regulation and the Development of Children's Action at Mealtimes -- Cultural Autoregulation of the Self: Semiotic Mediation of the Intrapsychological Realm -- Conclusions: "Bounded Variability" in Human Psychological Development, and the Methodology for Its Study -- References -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

ISBN: 0471135909 9780471135906

LCCN: 96046293

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Child psychology--Philosophy
Children--Nutrition--Psychological aspects
Children--Nutrition--Social aspects.
Environmental psychology.

LC Class. No.: BF722. / V34 1997

Dewey Class. No.: 155.4