Children's Understanding of Society (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781841692982)

A state-of-the-art review of the research in this area, this collection covers children's understanding of family, school, economics, race, politics and gender roles. Recent changes and trends in research are summarised. This is explained in terms of a progression from the Piagetian stages model of development to the current emphasis on socially-mediated sources of information, socio-cultural context and children's own naiive theories about societal phenomena. Bringing together some of the most prominent and active researchers in this field this volume presents an advanced overview of developments in this under-represented area of social psychology.

Author: Martyn Barrett
ISBN-10: 1841692980
ISBN-13: 9781841692982
Publisher: Psychology Press
Language: English
Published: 12/10/2004
Pages: 335
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.51lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.36w x 0.91d