Abstract: Developmental psychology describes ontogenetic processes that involve temporally persistent, sequential changes in human experience and behavior across the lifespan. In this ...

Abstract: Although the spread of innovations through social learning is well documented in animals, resulting animal cultures have remained simple without an increase in complexity over time. Human culture, in contrast, evolves ...

Abstract: Based on the assumption that culturally shaped social interactions form the basis for culture-specific development, we illustrate the influence of culture on the development ...

Abstract: Most developmental science occurs within a so-called WEIRD narrative: Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic. Although developmental psychology has long relied on cross-cultural research to enrich and inform ...