1st Edition
Navajo Infancy An Ethological Study of Child Development
By James S. Chisholm
Copyright 1984
286 Pages
by
Routledge
286 Pages
by
Routledge
286 Pages
by
Routledge
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Navajo Infancy describes the major sources of change and continuity in Navajo infant development. It does so by combining concepts and methods of classical ethology with those of social-cultural anthropology. The goal is to establish the relationships between human nature and culture. Buy considering the nature of adaptation, and the evolution of human developmental patterns, and through... Read more
1: Development in an Evolutionary Context; 2: The Environment of Navajo Infancy; 3: The Cradleboard; 4: The Research; 5: The Behavior of Navajo and Anglo Newborn Infants; 6: Navajo and Anglo Children’s Fear of Strangers; 7: Mother–Infant Interaction and the Cradleboard; 8: The Determinants of Mother–Infant Interaction; 9: Summary and Conclusions: Development as Adaptation
Biography
James S. Chisholm
