The Development of Children
- ISBN-10
- 0716755556
- ISBN-13
- 9780716755555
- Series
- The Development of Children
- Category
- Family & Relationships
- Pages
- 667
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Authors
- Michael Cole, Sheila R. Cole, Cynthia Lightfoot
Description
Development is best understood as a fusion of biological, social, and psychological processes interacting in the unique medium of human culture. [In this text, the authors] have tried to show not only the role of each of these factors considered separately but also how they interact in diverse cultural contexts to create whole, unique human beings.-Pref.
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