Child Helpers A Multidisciplinary Perspective

Sommario

1. Juvenile Helpers; 2. Setting the Stage; 3. Weighing the Evidence; 4. Contrasting Cultural Contexts for Child Helpers; 5. What are the Benefits of the Child's Need to Help?; 6. Summary and Conclusions.

Riassunto

This Element examines the development of child helpers in varied cultural contexts, reviewing evidence for supportive environments in the ethnographic record versus an environment which extinguishes the drive to be helpful in WEIRD children. In the last section, the benefits of the helper stage are discussed.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Lancy David F., David F Lancy, David F. Lancy, David F. (Utah State University) Lancy
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 31.03.2020
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie; Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica
• EAN: 9781108738552
• ISBN: 978-1-108-73855-2
• Numero di pagine: 75
• Serie: Elements in Psychology and Cul; Elements in Psychology and Culture
• Categorie: Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Sociology: work & labour, Physical anthropology, Sociology: work and labour, PSYCHOLOGY / Cultural Psychology