essay

Aspects of the developmental ecology of a foraging people

ethological studies of child behaviour • Cambridge • Published In 1972 • Pages: 285-304

By: Konner, Melvin.

Abstract
This source presents the preliminary results of a study of San infant and early childhood motor and behavioral development. The topics discussed in the source include birth, conception and contraceptive techniques, infanticide, the reflexive capacity and feeding behavior of newborn infants, infant feeding and care, infant-mother interactions, growth of infant responses to strangers, and infant and early childhood play and social behavior.
Subjects
Infant feeding
Development and maturation
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Conception
Infant care
culture
San
HRAF PubDate
2005
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Southern Africa
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Gerald Reid ; 1988
Field Date
no date
Coverage Date
not specified
Coverage Place
Zhuntwasi, Angola, Botswana, and Namibia
Notes
M. J. Konner
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-304)
LCCN
70160102
LCSH
San (African people)