Social Behaviour of Children (Hardback) | Released: 01 Dec 2007

Description

Social Behaviour of Children: A Cross Cultural Assessment explores how children's social behaviour develops across different cultures and societies. Drawing on anthropology, developmental psychology, and ethology, R. E. S. Tanner examines how children's interactions with parents, caregivers, peers, and communities are shaped by biological tendencies as well as cultural traditions.

The book argues that children's behaviour is influenced by the environments in which they grow up and compares child-rearing practices across societies to explain similarities and differences in cooperation, learning, morality, and interpersonal relationships. It is intended as a scholarly resource for understanding child development from a cross-cultural perspective.

Main Topics Covered

• Social behaviour in childhood
• Cross-cultural child development
• Child psychology
• Socialization processes
• Parent–child relationships
• Peer interaction
• Human behaviour and evolution
• Ethology and behavioural science
• Anthropology of childhood
• Moral development
• Community and family influences
• Cultural variation in child-rearing practices

Key Themes

• Children's social development
• Evolution of human social behaviour
• Influence of culture on behaviour
• Cooperation and group living
• Family and community structures
• Social learning
• Childhood adaptation
• Human relationships
• Comparative cultural studies
• Development of ethical behaviour