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Development is also experienced by a personal self who is shaped by culture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2003

Michel Ferrari
Affiliation:
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 1V6, Canadamferrari@oise.utoronto.ca

Abstract

I agree with Thomas & Karmiloff-Smith (T&K-S) in their critique of Residual Normality. However, first-person data must be integrated into their account of neurobiological development of disabilities. Furthermore, psychological development itself is not only about an individual’ brain and how it interacts with the world; rather, development depends crucially on the sociocultural context in which (normal and abnormal) children develop.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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