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Live across cultures:Cross-cultural human development

Call no.: : 155.82/GAR
Author: : Harry W Gardiner, Corinne Kosmitzki
ISBN/ISSN: : 9780205494750
Imprint: : Boston : Pearson Allyn and Bacon, c2008.
Subject: : Socialization - Cross-cultural studies
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Summary: This classic textbook brings a cross-cultural dimension to the study of human development across the lifespan. It focuses on major developmental topics and provides a global and multicultural perspective by introducing the reader to contemporary and classical research.*Utilizes a cross-cultural perspective to provide opportunities to expand awareness and sensitivity to global similarities and differences in human development thereby reducing ethnocentric thinking. *Emphasizes cultural-ecological and developmental contextual models that recognize bi-directional or reciprocal influences of individuals and their surrounding environments. Particular attention is given to Bronfenbrenners ecological systems approach and Supers and Harkness developmental niche concept.