Bridging Cultural and Developmental Approaches to Psychology: New Syntheses in Theory, Research, and Policy

This cutting-edge book brings together eminent experts who propose ways to bridge cultural and developmental approaches to human psychology. The experts heed the call of cultural psychology to study different peoples around the world and to recognize that culture profoundly impacts how we
think, feel, and act. At the same time, they also take seriously the developmental science perspective that humans everywhere share common life stage tasks and ways of learning. Doing what has not previously been done, the experts integrate key insights and findings from cultural and developmental
research. The result is a book brimming with new and creative syntheses for theory, research, and policy.
This book is in step with a world where culturally diverse peoples interact with one another more than ever due to migration, worldwide media, and international trade and travel. With these interactions come changes to cultures and the psychological development of their members, and the
implications for scholarship and policy are thoughtfully examined here.
The book covers a wide range of related topics. It addresses the intersection of development and culture for psychological processes such as learning and memory, for key contexts of development such as family and civil society, for conceptions of self and identity, and for how the life course is
partitioned including a focus on childhood and emerging adulthood.
With its inclusion of diverse life phases, diverse topics, and experts from diverse disciplines and cultures, this volume speaks to a broad range of developmental and cultural issues. The synthesis of cultural and developmental approaches should be exciting and eye-opening to anyone with an interest
in human psychology in today's global world.


Author: Lene Arnett Jensen
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 09/23/2010
Pages: 360
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9780195383430

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2011

About the Author

Lene Arnett Jensen is Associate Professor of Psychology at Clark University, USA, where she holds the Oliver and Dorothy Hayden Junior Faculty Fellowship. Her research addresses moral and civic development, and cultural identity formation in the context of globalization. A native of Denmark, Dr.
Jensen has resided in a number of countries, including Belgium, India and France. She lives in Massachusetts, USA, with her husband and twin children.

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