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Cultural Pathways Through Universal Development

Greenfield · 2003

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P17 — There is no innate developmental blueprint determining what children can learn when: literacy and academic competence are cultural acquis…

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Research showing that universal mental development is a cultural process as much as a natural one.

direct Human mental development is inherently dependent on culture and is not a purely natural or internal unfolding.

ch 4 · empirical_study · wkm:ch4_E11

Warrant (explicit): Psychological milestones that are traditionally viewed as natural unfolding are actually dependent on the external symbolic and social tools provided by a culture.

could fail ifIdentifying cultural influence does not necessarily diminish the role of biological maturation as a prerequisite for those cultural tools to take root.

Greenfield et al. (2003) show that human development requires external training based on the specific culture.

direct In humans, cognitive and personal growth requires external training into a specific culture.

ch appendix-i · empirical_study · wkm:chappendix-i_E28

Warrant (explicit): Cross-cultural psychological studies showing that development varies by social input prove that human growth is not a purely autonomous or 'natural' process.

could fail ifThe 'external training' observed may be a cultural layer added on top of a primary, universal biological maturation process that remains 'natural'.

Patricia M. Greenfield et al., 'Cultural Pathways Through Universal Development' (2003), showing that human growth requires external training.

direct Human growth requires external training within a specific culture, rather than being a purely internal unfolding.

ch appendix-i · empirical_study · wkm:chappendix-i_E6

Warrant (explicit): Empirical evidence demonstrating that human development is contingent upon cultural context invalidates theories that treat education as the mere unfolding of innate, biological predispositions.

could fail ifThe study may identify cultural variation in the *expression* of traits while the underlying *sequence* of cognitive development remains biologically fixed and 'natural' as Romantics claimed.

Cross-cultural research demonstrating that while physical development follows universal tracks, different cultures begin imposing differential social and mental impositions from the earliest months of infancy.

direct Social impositions in schooling are natural occurrences despite being labeled 'unnatural' by developmentalists.

ch prologue · empirical_study · wkm:chprologue_E_new28

Warrant (implicit): The universal presence of a behavior across all human cultures classifies that behavior as a natural biological necessity rather than an artificial social construct.

could fail ifIdentifying a behavior as 'universal' across cultures does not logically negate the 'unnatural' or 'coercive' quality of specific social impositions intended to override innate biological impulses.

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Patricia M. Greenfield et al. (2003)
Patricia M. Greenfield et al., 'Cultural Pathways Through Universal Development', Annual Review of Psychology 54 (2003)
Patricia M. Greenfield et al., 'Cultural Pathways Through Universal Development,' Annual Review of Psychology 54 (2003): 461–490
Patricia M. Greenfield et al., 'Cultural Pathways Through Universal Development,' Annual Review of Psychology 54 (2003): 461–490.