{"product_id":"universals-of-human-thought-some-african-evidence-paperback-9780521298186","title":"Universals of Human Thought; Some African Evidence (Paperback) 9780521298186","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUniversals of Human Thought\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSome African Evidence\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book, focusing on Africa, attempts to identify substantive universals that underlie the social diversity across cultures.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBarbara Bloom Lloyd (Edited by), John Gay (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521298186, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 5 March 1981\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e300 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book was originally published in 1981 and the theme of universals attracted a great deal of attention in the decade preceding publication. Psychologists and linguists in particular attempted to identify substantive universals that underlie the social diversity across cultures, which anthropologists and others documented. The contributors to this volume all focus on the relevant data in Africa to explain and test the major questions at issue. The book is divided into three main sections, dealing respectively with perception, cognitive development and language. There is also a general Review and Prospectus by Jerome Bruner, and a wide-ranging introduction to the philosophical background by Ernst Gellner. The volume will be of particular interest to cross-cultural psychologists, linguists, Africanists and anthropologists.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Michael Ogbolu Okonji: African psychologist Herman A. Witkins\u003cbr\u003e Contributors\u003cbr\u003e 1. General introduction: relativism and universals Ernest Gellner\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Perception: 2. Pictorial perception and the problem of universals Gustav Jahoda\u003cbr\u003e 3. Tallensi children's drawings Meyer Fortes\u003cbr\u003e 4. Space and community behaviour: a discussion of the form and function of spatial order in settlements Roland Fletcher\u003cbr\u003e 5. Taxonomic and multi-dimensional representations of reality John Gay\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Cognitive Development: 6. 'Strong' and 'weak' universals: sensori-motor intelligence and concrete operations Pierre Dasen\u003cbr\u003e 7. Psychological differentiation Ogbolu Okonji\u003cbr\u003e 8. Cognitive development, education and social mobility Barbara Lloyd\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Language: 9. Language and learning: some observations on the linguistic determination of cognitive processes Nigel Lemon\u003cbr\u003e 10. The formation of relative clauses Bernard Comrie\u003cbr\u003e 11. Literacy and literature Ruth Finnegan\u003cbr\u003e 12. Review and prospectus Jerome Bruner\u003cbr\u003e Indexes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Psychology%20%5BJM%5D%22\"\u003eJM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006058516760,"sku":"9780521298186","price":30.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521298186i_a8dc1532-8a90-4fac-b455-85066579d863.jpg?v=1691374920","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/universals-of-human-thought-some-african-evidence-paperback-9780521298186","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}