Psychology

Bridging Cultural and Developmental Approaches to Psychology: New Syntheses in Theory, Research, and Policy

Document Type

Book

Abstract

This book contains chapters which propose ways to bridge cultural and developmental approaches to human psychology. The chapters heed the call of cultural psychology to study different peoples around the world and to recognize that culture profoundly impacts how we think, feel, and act. At the same time, they also take seriously the developmental science perspective that humans everywhere share common life stage tasks and ways of learning. Doing what has not previously been done, the chapters integrate key insights and findings from cultural and developmental research. This book is in step with a world where culturally diverse peoples interact with one another more than ever due to migration, worldwide media, and international trade and travel. With these interactions come changes to cultures and the psychological development of their members, and the implications for scholarship and policy are thoughtfully examined here. The book covers a wide range of related topics. It addresses the intersection of development and culture for psychological processes such as learning and memory, for key contexts of development such as family and civil society, for conceptions of self and identity, and for how the life course is partitioned including a focus on childhood and emerging adulthood.

Publication Title

Bridging Cultural and Developmental Approaches to Psychology: New Syntheses in Theory, Research, and Policy

Publication Date

2011

First Page

1

Last Page

352

ISBN

9780199827176

DOI

10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195383430.001.0001

Keywords

cultural approaches, cultural psychology, developmental approaches, human psychology, international trade, learning, memory, travel

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