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The Joint Socialization of Development by Young Children and Adults

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Social Influences and Socialization in Infancy

Part of the book series: Genesis of Behavior ((GOBE,volume 6))

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This chapter focuses on how young children and adults together manage children’s socialization through children’s participation in cultural activities with the guidance of adults. Interactions and arrangements between caregivers and infants or toddlers are the basis for the discussion.

The young child is often thought of as a little scientist exploring the world and discovering the principles of its operation. We often forget that while the scientist is working on the border of human knowledge and is finding out things that nobody yet knows, the child is finding out precisely what everybody already knows. (Newman, 1982, p. 26)

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Rogoff, B. (1991). The Joint Socialization of Development by Young Children and Adults. In: Lewis, M., Feinman, S. (eds) Social Influences and Socialization in Infancy. Genesis of Behavior, vol 6. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2620-3_11

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