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Richman, Amy L.; And Others – New Directions for Child Development, 1988
Compares the behavior of mothers to their own infants at three- to four- and nine- to 10-months of age in five of the societies described in previous chapters: Gusii of Kenya, Yucatec Mayan of Mexico, Italian, Swedish, and suburban Bostonian. Reveals differences between agrarian and urban-industrial societies, as well as culture-specific patterns…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Context Effect, Cross Cultural Studies