num_pages: 592
description: The first extension of the biopsychological view to social development. Addressing the question of how children become like-minded members of their cultural groups, Baldwin identified mechanisms of social adaptation underlying the enculturation process. His views were later taken up and elaborated by Lev Vygotsky among others.
language: English
title: Social and Ethical Interpretations in Mental Development (1897)
titlecomplete: Social and Ethical Interpretations in Mental Development (1897) (Classics in Psychology, 1855-1914)
publisher: Thoemmes Continuum