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Trade‐Offs in the Study of Culture and Development: Theories, Methods, and Values
Author(s) -
Rothbaum Fred,
Pott Martha,
Azuma Hiroshi,
Miyake Kazuo,
Weisz John
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8624.00220
Subject(s) - individuation , accommodation , psychology , cognitive psychology , social psychology , balance (ability) , orientation (vector space) , mathematics , geometry , psychoanalysis , neuroscience
The commentators are unanimous in their support for our general orientation to culture and development, and for the pathways we have identified, and they suggest ways to enrich our approach to theory, methods, and values. We view their main suggestions as relating to trade‐offs: between theories that highlight generalizations or exceptions; between methods that rely on one‐, two‐, or multiculture studies; and between values involving individuation or accommodation. Here, we describe ways to find an optimal balance in each instance.