Context | The settings in which development occurs
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Cross-cultural studies | Comparisons of one culture with one or more other cultures
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Culture | The behaviour patterns, beliefs, and products of a group that are past on from generation to generation
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Ethnicity | Based on cultural heritage, nationality characteristics, race, religion, and language
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Gender | The sociocultural dimension of being female or male
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Generational inequality | An aging societys unfairness to its younger members due to older adults piling up advantages
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Innate goodness view | The idea, proposed by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, that children are inherently good
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Life-span perspective | Development is lifelong, multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic, contextual, multidisciplinary, and involves growth, maintenance, and regulation
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Original sin view | Children are born into the world as evil beings
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Social policy | A national governments course of action designed to influence the welfare of its citizens
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Tabula rasa view | The idea, proposed by John Locke, that children are like a blank tablet
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