Comparative-cultural and constructivist perspectives /

Comparative-cultural and constructivist perspectives / edited by Jaan Valsiner. - v, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Child development within culturally structured environments ; v. 3 . - Child development within culturally structured environments ; v. 3. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of Contributors -- Introduction: Social co-construction of psychological development from a comparative-cultural perspective -- Cultural organization of social interaction in early ontogeny -- The study of early interaction in a contextual perspective: Culture, communication, and eye contact -- Transformation and construction in social interaction: A new perspective on analysis of the mother-infant dyad -- Cultural organization of the life course: Insights into the process of socialization -- "Amoral familism" and child development: Edward Banfield and the understanding of child socialization in Southern Italy -- Childbearing practices relevant for the growth of dependency and competence in children -- Transformation of women's social roles in India -- A co-constructivist perspective of life-course changes among Havik Brahmins in a South India village -- Co-construction of self in adolescence -- Culture and self-concept among adolescents with bicultural parentage: A social constructionist approach -- Persons' conception of human nature: A cross-cultural comparison -- Cultural organization of "intellectual competence" -- The meaning of intellectual competence: Views from favela -- Cultural and environmental influences in the acquisition of concepts of intellectual competence -- Epilogue: Comparative-cultural co-constructionism and its discontents -- Author Index -- Subject Index. Pt. I. 1. 2. Pt. II. 3. 4. 5. 6. Pt. III. 7. 8. Pt. IV. 9. 10.

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Child development--Cross-cultural studies
Child psychology--Cross-cultural studies

BF723.A33 HQ767.9 / C48 1988 vol. 3

305.231

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