| Description |
1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Minnesota symposia on child psychology ; volume 29 |
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Minnesota symposia on child psychology (Series) ; v. 29.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Cultural Influences on Child Development: Are We Ready for a Paradigm Shift?; 2. Multiple Selves, Multiple Worlds: Cultural Perspectives on Individuality and Connectedness in Adolescent Development; 3. Dimensions of Language Development: Lessons From Older Children; 4. Through the Eyes of Children: An Ethnographic Perspective on Neighborhoods and Child Development; 5. Cultural Processes in Child Competence: How Rural Caribbean Parents Evaluate Their Children |
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6. Cultural Influences in a Multicultural Society: Conceptual and Methodological Issues7. Culture and Development in our Poststructural Age; Author Index; Subject Index |
| Summary |
The chapters of this volume were originally presented at the 29th Minnesota Symposium on Child Psychology. The focus of this symposium on cultural processes in child development emerged from the growing recognition among those at the Institute of Child Development and many others in the field that more needs to be known about the processes linking individual development and the contexts in which it occurs, and that this is no longer a luxury but essential for good science and good policy in an increasingly interconnected and pluralistic world. The chapter authors in this volume chronicle the |
| Notes |
Papers from the 29th Minnesota Symposium on Child Psychology, held in October 1994 at the University of Minnesota |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebrary, viewed 10/13/2014) |
| Subject |
Child development -- Cross-cultural studies -- Congresses
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Child psychology -- Cross-cultural studies -- Congresses
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Child development
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Child psychology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Masten, Ann S., editor
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Minnesota Symposium on Child Psychology (29th : 1994 : University of Minnesota)
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| ISBN |
9781410603395 |
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1410603393 |
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