CONTENIDO:INTRODUCTION
A Cultural Perspective on Children’s Development
Organization of the Book Chapter 2: Theoretical Perspectives in Developmental Psychology
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES IN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Genetic Psychology
Behaviorism
Cognitive Developmental Psychology
Constructivist Psychology
Cultural Psychology
INTERWOVEN LINES OF DEVELOPMENT
What is Evolution?
Evolution of Human Beings
Tracing the Origins of Language
Evolution of the Life Cycle
Sociocultural Evolution
PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT, BIRTH, AND THE NEWBORN
Prenatal Development of Body and Brain
Birth: The First Developmental Transition
Infant Dependence: What the Newborn Cannot Do
Neonatal Capabilities: What the Newborn Can Do
INFANCY - A PRACTICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD
The Infant’s Practical Understanding
The World of Infancy: The Great-We
Caring for the Infant:
INFANCY - TOWARDS BIOLOGICAL DIFFERENTIATION
Primary Emotions and their Regulation
Biological Developments During the First Year
The Transition at 1 Year: Biological differentiation
TODDLERHOOD - A WORLD OF IRRESISTIBLE INVITATIONS
The World of Toddlerhood: Irresistible Invitations
Caring for the Toddler
Understanding Other People: Intentions in Action, and Family Customs
Biological Change During Toddlerhood
TODDLERHOOD - TOWARDS PSYCHOLOGICAL DIFFERENTIATION
The Toddler’s Talk
How Language Changes the World of the Toddler
Understanding Material Representations
Self and Symbol: The Transition at 3 Years
EARLY CHILDHOOD - HOW THINGS APPEAR, AND HOW THEY ARE
Sociodramatic Play
Talking as both Doing and Understanding
The World of Early Childhood: Breaking from the Visual
EARLY CHILDHOOD - TOWARDS INNER AND OUTER
Understanding Other People: Prior Intentions and Conventional Scenarios
Caring for the Young Child
The Origins of Verbal Thinking
Becoming a Kind of Person Biological Changes During Early Childhood
MIDDLE CHILDHOOD - UNDERSTANDING INSTITUTIONAL REALITY
The Transition at 5-to-7 Years
Learning through Participation and Apprenticeship
Understanding Other People: Mental States, and Institutions with Roles and Rules
MIDDLE CHILDHOOD - TOWARDS THE ACTUAL AND THE POSSIBLE
The Institution of School
Outside School and Work
THE TEENAGE YEARS - ADOLESCENT, OR ADULT?
Biological Changes in the Teenage Years
Constituting Adolescence
Adolescent Reasoning and Decision Making
THE TEENAGE YEARS - TOWARDS ADULTHOOD
Who Is The Adolescent?
Peer Culture
Understanding Other People: Ethical and Epistemological Relativism
SUMMING UP
Stages, Transitions, and Trajectories
Theory of Mind, and the Normative Stances
Embodied, Embedded, and Distributed
Conclusión
Resumen
¿Alguna vez se ha preguntado qué papel tiene la cultura en el desarrollo de un niño? Cada niño nace en una comunidad, una sociedad con una cultura, en la cual él o ella vivirá, crecerá y se desarrollará. Las culturas llevan a diferencias en el desarrollo de los niños, pero igualmente importante, la cultura es un componente esencial del desarrollo psicológico de cada niño.
El desarrollo del niño adopta un enfoque cronológico, desde el desarrollo prenatal hasta la adolescencia, en el que se entretejen los aspectos sociales, cognitivos, emocionales y físicos del desarrollo. Martin Packer integra ejemplos interculturales de diferentes partes del mundo para ilustrar cómo la cultura desempeña un papel constitutivo en el desarrollo de los niños.
Este libro incluye una discusión en profundidad de la evolución humana, la historia del lenguaje y la vida humana, así como las perspectivas teóricas de la investigación científica sobre el desarrollo de los niños.
Este libro de texto es una lectura esencial para estudiantes de pregrado que toman un curso introductorio en desarrollo infantil o psicología del desarrollo.
