The Developing Individual in a Changing World: Volume 2, Social and Environmental Isssues

This two-volume work levels both criticism and challenge to traditional developmental psychology. For too long, developmental psychologists have been studying individuals as if they developed in a sociocultural vacuum. As psychologists began to study the individual's development more broadly, they considered the impact of a number of other factors in the physical and social environment: early education, sociocultural differences, mass communication, alternative living arrangements, and medical care-to name but a few.

Klaus F. Riegel (1925-1977) was a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor John A. Meacham is distinguished professor of psychology at the University of Buffalo