Papers from the 29th Minnesota Symposium on Child Psychology, held in October 1994 at the University of Minnesota.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Cultural influences on child development: are we ready for a paradigm shift? / Cynthia García Coll and Katherine Magnuson -- Multiple selves, multiple worlds: cultural perspectives on individuality and connectedness in adolescent development / Catherine R. Cooper -- Dimensions of language development: lessons from older children / Shirley Brice Heath -- Through the eyes of children: an ethnographic perspective on neighborhoods and child development / Linda M. Burton and Townsand Price-Spratlen -- Cultural processes in child competence: how rural Caribbean parents evaluate their children / Eric H. Durbrow -- Cultural influences in a multicultural society: conceptual and methodological issues / Vonnie C. McLoyd --Culture and development in our poststructural age / Richard A. Shweder.