Children's Economic Experience: Exchange, Reciprocity and Value

by Gustavo Faigenbaum

Overview

This book maps an aspect of children's social development that has been neglected in psychological research, namely, their acquisition of the capability to participate in economic transactions.
n their everyday life, children exchange a variety of goods with their peers. Girls and boys frequently trade cards, marbles, candies, as well as immaterial goods such as score values and gestures of friendship. This book is about children as exchange agents. It attempts to describe the process through which children acquire the capability to participate in commercial transactions. We present a collection of empirical studies and a review of extant literature in the area to delineate a general picture of the development of children as exchange agents.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014326131
Publisher:	LibrosEnRed
Publication date:	09/29/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	791 KB

About the Author

Es licenciado en Psicología (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1989) y doctor en Filosofía (New School for Social Research, Nueva York, 1997). Ha sido docente y Becario de Investigación de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Ha sido Profesor Titular de la materia Cognición, Pensamiento y Lenguaje de la carrera de Psicología en la Universidad de Palermo (Argentina). Ha sido miembro de la Carrera de Investigador Independiente del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas, Argentina. Ha investigado y publicado sobre la noción de dinero en el niño, la especificidad de conocimiento social, la teoría de la argumentación, y las prácticas de intercambio de objetos de los niños.

Gustavo Faigenbaum is a Professor at the Autonomous University of Entre Ríos (Argentina). He has a degree in Psychology (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1989) and a Ph.D. in Philosophy (New School University, New York, 1997). He has been a researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Research, Argentina. He has worked and published on the theory of argumentation, the development of economic notions, and children's peer exchange cultures. Prof. Faigenbaum has taught in several institutions including the University of Buenos Aires, San Martín University and the University of Palermo. During the last ten years, Prof. Faigenbaum has undertaken various technological projects related to digital content publishing and the development of online communities, including Oblogo, which publishes select material produced by bloggers on a paper magazine.