Cultural transmission :

Contributor(s): Schönpflug, Ute, EdMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Culture and psychologyPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008Description: xix, 490 p. : illISBN: 9780521880435; 9780521706575 (pbk.)Subject(s): Socialization | Ethnopsychology | Cognition and culture | Learning | Learning, Psychology ofDDC classification: 303.32 Summary: Description Contents Resources Courses About the Authors Cultural Transmission covers psychological, developmental, social, and methodological research on how cultural information is socially transmitted from one generation to the next within families. Studying processes of cultural transmission may help analyze the continuity or change of cultures, including those that have to cope with migration or the collapse of a political system. An evolutionary perspective is elaborated in the first part of the book; the second takes a cross-cultural perspective by presenting international research on development and intergenerational relations in the family; the third provides intra-cultural analyses of mechanisms and methodological aspects of cultural transmission. Made up of contributions by experts in the field, this source book is intended for anyone with interests in cultural issues – especially researchers and teachers in disciplines such as psychology, social and behavioral sciences, and education – and for applied professionals in culture management and family counseling, as well as professionals dealing with migrants. Contributions from international experts with critical and stimulating discussions of research findings and theoretical thinking Broad introduction into the relevant theoretical and practical questions asked in this domain For use especially by applied professionals in culture management and family counselling, and professionals dealing with migrants
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Cultural Transmission covers psychological, developmental, social, and methodological research on how cultural information is socially transmitted from one generation to the next within families. Studying processes of cultural transmission may help analyze the continuity or change of cultures, including those that have to cope with migration or the collapse of a political system. An evolutionary perspective is elaborated in the first part of the book; the second takes a cross-cultural perspective by presenting international research on development and intergenerational relations in the family; the third provides intra-cultural analyses of mechanisms and methodological aspects of cultural transmission. Made up of contributions by experts in the field, this source book is intended for anyone with interests in cultural issues – especially researchers and teachers in disciplines such as psychology, social and behavioral sciences, and education – and for applied professionals in culture management and family counseling, as well as professionals dealing with migrants.
Contributions from international experts with critical and stimulating discussions of research findings and theoretical thinking
Broad introduction into the relevant theoretical and practical questions asked in this domain
For use especially by applied professionals in culture management and family counselling, and professionals dealing with migrants

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