During the early period of hypothesis building and empirical testing of attachment theory, a
major emphasis was placed on mother-infant physical contact. In spite of this, mother-infant …

Autonomy and relatedness are considered basic human needs that manifest differently in
different cultural environments in response to contextual demands. This article …

Drawing on state-of-the-art personality and developmental research, this book presents a
new and broadly integrative theory of how people come to be who they are over the life …

Somewhere in Africa, more than a million years ago, a line of apes began to rear their young
differently than their Great Ape ancestors. From this new form of care came new ways of …

How are children raised in different cultures? What is the role of children in society? How are
families and communities structured around them? Now available in a revised edition, this …

This volume is concerned with elucidating similarities and differences in enculturation
processes that help to account for the ways in which individuals in different cultures develop …

Social and Personality Development looks at the processes by which we come to be who we
are. It covers a range of topics central to personality and developmental psychology. The …

This paper explores childhood social learning among Aka and Bofi hunter–gatherers in
Central Africa. Existing literature suggests that hunter–gatherer social learning is primarily …

The complexity and variability of human culture is unmatched by any other species. Humans
live in culturally constructed niches filled with artifacts, skills, beliefs, and practices that have …

These words of advice to Balinese parents, taken from A World of Babies: Imagined
Childcare Guides for Seven Societies, use a charming fiction to illustrate a profound truth …