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New dissertation

Posted by iscarde on January 27, 2009

Demuth, Carolin (2008): Talking to infants: How culture is instantiated in early mother-infant interactions.The case of Cameroonian farming Nso and North German middle-class families, Universitaet Osnabrueck, Institut für Psychologie, Fachgebiet Entwicklung & Kultur, Dissertation.

This study wants to contribute to a better understanding of child development by considering the broader cultural context in which it is embedded in. It takes a socio-cultural approach and considers child care practices as adaptive to the specific requirements of a given cultural context. Find further information.