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Chapter 10 - Teaching Child Development from a Cross-Cultural Perspective

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2018

By
Adriana Molitor
Edited by
Kenneth D. Keith
Kenneth D. Keith
Affiliation:
University of San Diego
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Summary

Social psychologists examine how others influence our thoughts, feelings and behaviors. A sociocultural perspective allows us to expand that analysis to include how membership in a particular cultural group can also influence social behavior. Although there are many universals of social behavior, the purpose of this chapter will be to identify ways in which culture modifies our understanding of social psychological phenomena. We present ideas for culturally-oriented teaching activities for a number of commonly-taught social phenomena.
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Culture across the Curriculum
A Psychology Teacher's Handbook
 , pp. 223 - 238
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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