| Cultural Guidance in the Development of the Human Mind Contributor(s): Toomela, Aaro (Author) |
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ISBN: 1567505732 ISBN-13: 9781567505733 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2003 Annotation: This volume is unique in integrating different domains of psychology, at both theoretical and empirical levels of analysis, in order to understand the development of the human mind. Perspectives include comparative, cultural, and developmental psychology, in addition to neuropsychology. Contributors in this edited collection emphasize both the collective nature of human cognition and the impossibility of separating individuals from their sociocultural environments. They also explain how participation in culture leads to radical changes in an individual's psychological makeup. Major topics include: BLHuman Development from the Perspective of Comparative Psychology BLCulture in the Developing or Regressing Brain BLCultural Perspective on the Human Development BLThe Role of Culture in Child Development This volume may also be of interest to anthropologists, philosophy scholars, and semioticians. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Cognitive Psychology & Cognition - Psychology | Industrial & Organizational Psychology |
| Dewey: 155 |
| LCCN: 00000000 |
| Series: Advances in Child Development Within Culturally Structured E |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.14" W x 9.42" (0.95 lbs) 256 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This volume is unique in integrating different domains of psychology, at both theoretical and empirical levels of analysis, in order to understand the development of the human mind. Perspectives include comparative, cultural, and developmental psychology, in addition to neuropsychology. Contributors in this edited collection emphasize both the collective nature of human cognition and the impossibility of separating individuals from their sociocultural environments. They also explain how participation in culture leads to radical changes in an individual's psychological makeup. This volume may also be of interest to anthropologists, philosophy scholars, and semioticians. Major topics include: - Human Development from the Perspective of Comparative Psychology - Culture in the Developing or Regressing Brain - Cultural Perspective on the Human Development - The Role of Culture in Child Development |