Culture and Human Development: An Introduction

Abstract

Introduction How Do We Create Knowledge of Cultural Human Development PART ONE: DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY AND METHODOLOGY Stability and Flow in Human Experience Philosophical Preliminaries The Developmental Approach Theoretical Bases of Developmental and Cultural Psychology Culture and Development Developmental Methodology in Cultural Development Psychology PART TWO: ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTS FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Structure and Dynamics of Family/Kinship Groups and Marriage Forms Cultural Organization of Human Life Environments PART THREE: CULTURAL ORGANIZATION OF PREGNANCY AND INFANCY Cultural Nature of Parent-Offspring Differentiation during Pregnancy Newborn and Infant Development The Cultural-Ecological Niche PART FOUR: EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT The Second Year of Life and beyond Self Regulation and Participation in Early Childhood PART FIVE: ENTERING THE WORLD OF ACTIVITIES - CULTURALLY RULED Personal Participation and Its Social-Institutional Guidance Adolescence Moving through into Adulthood