Culture: A Basis for Development or Not?
Extensive research, within Psychology, has been conducted on Culture and its influence on development and disability. For years, psychologists have gathered evidence to suggest that culture plays an important role within a person’s everyday life. It predicts how a person, normal or disabled, will be treated during his/her lifetime. However, not all research relies on culture as a basis for development and disability. In Sroufe and Rutter’s article, “The Domain of Developmental Psychopathology,” development and disability are seen as “…individual patterns of behavioral maladaptation…” (392), where society and environment are studied within a broad spectrum. Why has culture taken a back seat in this particular article?
Sroufe and Rutter’s article suggests that culture does not tie in with development and disability. For example, in their article, they state,
“[e]ach toddler evolves a particular way of dealing with both......

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Title: Culture And Psychology
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