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Human Development in Multicultural Contexts A Book of Readings

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ISBN-10: 0130195235

ISBN-13: 9780130195234

Edition: 2002

Authors: Michele A. Paludi

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For courses in Life-Span Developmental Psychology, Human Development and Multicultural Education in departments of Psychology and Education. This is the first text/reader of its kind to focus on the issues of life span development from a multicultural perspective. This reader explores the impact of cultural influences on development within each of the life stages and dimensions of development. The text utilizes a non-Eurocentric approach. It introduces students to several theories, research studies and applications and examines traditional research and modifications as a result of diverse cultural approaches. Human Development in Multicultural Contexts offers an important and significant…    
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Book details

List price: $106.65
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 4/3/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946

(NOTE: Each Part begins with Questions for Reflection, Editor's Notes, and Selected Readings.)
Cultural Influences on Development Across The Life Cycle
Introduction
What Is Life-Cycle Developmental Psychology?
Multiculturalism in Life-Cycle Developmental Psychology
Multiculturalism in Life-Cycle Developmental Psychology: From Marginality to Inclusion
Placing Multiculturalism Within Developmental Psychology Courses
Rationale for the Selection of Readings
Infancy
Overview: Cultural Influences on Development in Infancy
Physical Development in Infancy
Cognitive Development
Focus on Infant-Directed Speech
Emotional Development
Focus on Infants' Sleeping Arrangements
Focus on Infant Temperament
Social Development
Focus on Mother-Infant Attachment
Focus on Play
Readings Functional Analysis of the Contents of Maternal Speech to Infants of 5 and 13 Months in Four Cultures: Argentina, France, Japan, and the United States
Cultural Variations in Infant's Sleeping Arrangements: Questions of Independence
Reactivity in Infants: A Cross-National Comparison
Sleeping Out of Home in a Kibbutz Communal Arrangement: It Makes a Difference for Infant-Mother Attachment
Play in Two Societies: Pervasiveness of Process, Specificity of Structure
Review Questions and Activities
Suggestions for Further Reading
Preschool Years
Overview: Cultural Influences on Development in Infancy
Physical Development in the Preschool Years
Cognitive Development
Focus on Language Advances
Focus on Child Care
Emotional Development
Focus on the Role of the Mother
Focus on the Role of the Father
Social Development
Focus on Play
Focus on Preschoolers' Exposure to Real Violence
Readings
Parent's Report of Vocabulary and Grammatical Development of African American Preschoolers: Child and Environmental Associations, Joanne Roberts, Margaret Burchinal, and Meghan Durham
Child Care for Children in Poverty: Opportunity or Inequality?
Emotion Regulation in Early Childhood: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Between German and Japanese Toddlers
Wolfgang Friedlmeier / Gisela Trommsdorff
African-American Fathers in Low Income, Urban Families: Development, Behavior, and Home Environment of Their Three-Year Old Children
Cultural Differences in Korean-and Anglo-American Preschooler's Social Interaction and Play Behaviors
Effects of Community Violence on Inner-City Preschoolers and Their Families
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