Family and Human Development Across Cultures : A View From the Other Side

Title: Family and Human Development Across Cultures : A View From the Other Side
Author: Cigdem Kagitcibasi
ISBN: 0805820779 / 9780805820775
Format: Soft Cover
Pages: 256
Publisher: Psychology Press
Year: 1996
Availability: In Stock

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Family and Human Development Across Cultures : A View From the Other Side
By : The culmination of 15 years of research by a Turkish psychologist who was educated in the West, this volume examines both the theoretical and practical aspects of cross-cultural psychology. It takes a contextual-developmental-functional approach linking the child, family, and society as they are embedded in culture. A refreshingly different view, the author presents a portrait of human development from "the other side"--from the perspective of the "majority world." In a world seemingly dominated by American psychology, she proposes the cross-cultural orientation as a corrective to the culture-boundedness of much of Euro-American psychology.

Analyzing human development in context while avoiding the pitfalls of extreme relativism, this work studies development with an inclusive, holistic, and ecological perspective, focusing on the development of the self and of competence. In so doing, it also attempts to combine cultural contextualism with universalistic standards and psychological processes. It proposes a theory of family change which challenges some commonly held modernization assumptions, and links theory and application while examining the role of psychology in inducing social change.

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Foreword    
Preface    
   
Chapter 1 : Introduction    

Part I : Human Development, Family, Culture
Chapter 2 : Development in Context    
Chapter 3 : Socialization for Competence    
Chapter 4 : Culture and Self    
Chapter 5 : Family and Family Change    

Part II : Induced Change : Early Enrichment
Chapter 6 : Induced Change: The Role of Psychology    
Chapter 7 : Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) : An Overview    
Chapter 8 : The Turkish Early Enrichment Project    
Chapter 9 : Search for Integration and Policy Relevance    

References    
Author Index    
Subject Index