Lives Across Cultures: Cross-cultural Human DevelopmentIn this text, the authors' goal is to continue our journey of exploration into the exciting and increasingly influential world of cross-cultural human development. The basic principles found in the text are linked to practical everyday events to help readers cultivate a global and multicultural perspective on behavior and gain an improved understanding of, and appreciation for, development as it takes place in diverse cultural settings throughout the world. This book focuses on connections between these personal experiences and the more formal theories and research that make up this discipline and present it all in a manner that is easy to understand, engaging, and informative to readers.-Pref. |
Contents
CHAPTER | 17 |
CHAPTER THREE | 49 |
Some Cultural Variations in the Socialization of Behavior | 56 |
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