book chapter

Communication and social learning during infancy

Child care and culture : lessons from Africa [by] Robert A. LeVine … [et al.] ; with the collaboration of James Caron … [et al • Cambridge [england] • Published In 1994 • Pages: 196-223, 316

By: LeVine, Robert Alan, LeVine, Sarah, Leiderman, P. Herbert, Brazelton, T. Berry, Dixon, Suzanne, Richman, Amy, Keefer, Constance H., Caron, James, New, Rebecca Staples, Miller, Patrice, Tronick, Edward, Feigal, David, Yaman, Josephine.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

Experience and learning begins for Gusii infants, as for all humans, at birth and is culturally organized. Infant psychosocial and behavioral development, though not prominent in Gusii formulation of parental priorities, is culturally shaped even in the early months, anticipating later developmental goals that are salient for Gusii parents. This study presents and interprets evidence from naturalistic observations and videotaped samples of elicited caretaker-infant interaction, to provide a portrait of communication and social learning over the first years of life (p. 196).

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Comparative evidence

Infant care

Development and maturation

Childhood activities

Techniques of socialization

cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Gusii

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

2000

RegionThe area the document pertains to

Africa

Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region

Eastern Africa

Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs

book chapter

Evaluation

Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.

Ethnologist

Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.

5: Excellent Primary Data

AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection

John Beierle ; 2005

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

1974-1976

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

1950-1976

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Morongo (a pseudonym), southwestern Kenya

NotesAdditional notes

[by] Robert A. LeVine … [et al.] ; with the collaboration of James Caron … [et al.]

For bibliographical references see 6: Levine [et al.]

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

93033584

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Gusii (African people)