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Peer reviewedSuper, Charles M.; Harkness, Sara – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1986
Introduces the concept of "developmental niche" as a framework for examining the cultural structuring of child development. Focuses on (1) anthropological perspectives on human development, (2) psychology and the environment, (3) subsystems and other aspects of the developmental niche, and (4) changes which occur in niches as individuals…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Child Rearing
