A comprehensive, systematic account of human development which is sensitive to the needs, interests and ecologies of nonwestern cultures and individuals is provided in this unique volume. The importance and value of the sociocultural milieu in shaping the growth and development of children is emphasized, and the author asserts throughout that children do not grow and develop according to the same patterns regardless of culture.
The author describes developmental psychology from the perspective of West Africa, demonstrating how the local ecology and the resulting cultural ideology lead to differing ways in which children are conceptualized and socialized, and in turn how they develop. While much of his case material is from
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Foreword - Michael Lamb
PART ONE: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
Introduction
Background, Challenges and Perspectives
The Bioecology of Human Development
PART TWO: DEVELOPMENTAL ROOTS
Brief Perspective on West Africa's Geography
Developmental Roots
The West African
PART THREE: THE TRIPLE HERITAGE
Historical Roots
(West) Africa's Heritage
Historical Roots
Continuity and Discontinuity in West African Reproductive Ideas and Status Roles
Childhood and Human Development in West African Cultures
PART FOUR: THE ECOCULTURAL FRAMEWORK
Conceptualizing Developmental Research in Ecocultural Context
Cross-Cultural Developmental Psychology
Thoughts on Developmental Research in the Third World
Concluding Statement
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