Description |
xiv, 255 pages ; 23 cm |
Series |
Cross-cultural research and methodology series ; v. 16 |
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Cross-cultural research and methodology series ; v. 16
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Contents |
Foreword / Michael E. Lamb -- 1. Background, Challenges, and Perspectives -- 2. The Bioecology of Human Development -- 3. Developmental Roots: A Brief Perspective on West Africa's Geography -- 4. Developmental Roots: The West African Sociocultural Environment -- 5. Historical Roots: (West) Africa's Heritage -- 6. Historical Roots: Continuity and Discontinuity in West African Reproductive Ideas and Status Roles -- 7. Childhood and Human Development in West African Cultures -- 8. Conceptualizing Developmental Research in Ecocultural Context -- 9. Cross-Cultural Developmental Psychology -- 10. Thoughts on Developmental Research in the Third World -- 11. Concluding Statement |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-243) and index |
Subject |
Child development -- Africa, West.
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Developmental psychology -- Africa, West.
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Ethnopsychology -- Africa, West.
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Author |
Lamb, Michael E., 1953-
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LC no. |
92010600 |
ISBN |
0803946368 |
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