ArticlePhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2018
Variation is the universal: making cultural evolution work in developmental psychology.
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Abstract
Culture is a human universal, yet it is a source of variation in human psychology, behaviour and development. Developmental researchers are now expanding the geographical scope of research to include populations beyond relatively wealthy Western communities. However, culture and context still play a secondary role in the theoretical grounding of developmental psychology research, far too often. In this paper, we highlight four false assumptions that are common in psychology, and that detract from the quality of both standard and cross-cultural research in development. These assumptions are: (i)
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