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Niche construction, social co-construction, and the development of the human mind

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2001

Mary Gauvain
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521 [email protected] www.psych.ucr.edu/faculty/Gauvain.htm

Abstract

Laland et al.'s model of human evolution and cultural change needs to incorporate theory and research in human psychological development. The psychological approach that focuses on sociocultural contributions to growth offers a way of thinking about individual development that would complement and extend this model.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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