{"product_id":"culture-and-the-development-of-childrens-action-9780471135906","title":"Culture and the Development of Childrens Action","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this deeply probing, intellectually challenging work, Dr. JaanValsiner lays the groundwork for a dynamic new cultural-historicalapproach to developmental psychology. He begins by deconstructingtraditional developmental theory, exposing the conceptual confusionand epistemological blind spots that he believes continue toundermine the scientific validity of its methodologies. Hedescribes the ways in which embedded cultural biases shapeinterventional goals and influence both the direction researchtakes and the ways in which research data are interpreted. And hesuggests ways in which researchers and clinicians can become moreaware of and transcend those biases.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Dr. Valsiner then develops a hierarchical, systemic model thatportrays development as an open-ended, dialectical process. Centralto Valsiner''s approach is the premise that, since each child isunique--as are his or her life conditions--deviations in functionor the rate of development from a prescribed norm are just aslike\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDevelopmental and Nondevelopmental Orientations in Psychology, andTheir Contexts.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Basic Assumptions Underlying Psychological Research.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Crossroads of the Deductive and Inductive Lines of KnowledgeConstruction in Psychology.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Theoretical Bases for a Theory of \"Bounded Indeterminacy\" ofDevelopment.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Theoretical System.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Actions in Culturally Organized Contexts: Settings ofMealtimes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Cultural Regulation and the Development of Children's Actions atMealtimes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Cultural Autoregulation of the Self: Semiotic Mediation of theIntrapsychological Realm.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conclusions: \"Bounded Variability\" in Human PsychologicalDevelopment, and the Methodology for Its Study.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515421319511,"sku":"9780471135906","price":69.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/culture-and-the-development-of-childrens-action-9780471135906","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}