Book review: Universals and differences in cultural approaches to children and testimony. INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON CHILD ABUSE AND CHILDREN'S TESTIMONY: PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND LAW. Bette L. Bottoms and Gail S. Goodman (Eds). Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA, 1996. No. of pages 312. ISBN 0-8039-5628-2. Price $23.50 (Softcover).
✍ Scribed by Nancy L. Stein; Sara Broaders
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 63 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0888-4080
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✦ Synopsis
This tension between the value of acknowledging multiple ways of knowing versus forging common agreement about norms or standards of reasoning is a major issue raised, but not resolved, in the book. Others include the following: How do we identify a mode of reasoning? Are these modes distinct and exclusive, or do they overlap? What are their historical and ontological origins? Are they innately pre-determined? Culturally or adaptationally shaped? Is diversity of thinking compatible with critical thinking? Is there such a thing as good thinking? These, of course, are among the de®ning questions of psychology. It is useful to see them considered again in this balanced, intelligent collection.