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Robert Serpell

31 works· latest 2025· 2 institutionscluster: provisionalORCID 0000-0001-6902-1780

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Most cited in this library

International Preferences in Selecting Mates1990 · 746 citations
The Significance of Schooling: Life-Journeys in an African Society2010 · 221 citations
Parents' Interactions with Their First-Grade Children During Storybook Reading and Relations with Subsequent Home Reading Activity and Reading Achievement2001 · 197 citations
Social Responsibility as a Dimension of Intelligence, and as an Educational Goal: Insights From Programmatic Research in an African Society2011 · 125 citations
Parental Beliefs about Ways to Help Children Learn to Read: The Impact of an Entertainment or a Skills Perspective1997 · 107 citations

Works

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Pillars of Developmental Psychology

Cambridge University Press eBooks·2025·22 authors·book

0citations

Psychological Assessment in Southern Africa

Cambridge University Press eBooks·2022·4 authors·chapter

3citations

Literacy and Child Development in a Contemporary African Society

Child Development Perspectives·2020·1 author

9citations

Culture-Sensitive Communication in Applied Developmental Research

Human Development·2020·1 author

8citations

Introduction to the special section by the guest editor

Journal of Psychology in Africa·2019·1 author

6citations

GraphoGame – a catalyst for multi-level promotion of literacy in diverse contexts

Frontiers in Psychology·2015·17 authors·Open access

73citations

Multiple Perspectives and Constraints on Progressive Social Change: A Commentary

Mind Culture and Activity·2014·1 author·editorial

7citations

The effect of using a mobile literacy game to improve literacy levels of grade one students in Zambian schools

Educational Technology Research and Development·2014·9 authors·Open access

92citations

Jahoda, Gustav

The Encyclopedia of Cross‐Cultural Psychology·2013·1 author·other

1citations

Goodnow, Jacqueline

The Encyclopedia of Cross‐Cultural Psychology·2013·1 author·other

0citations

Early educational foundations for the development of civic responsibility: An African experience

New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development·2011·3 authors

38citations

Developmental assessment, cultural context, gender, and schooling in Zambia

International Journal of Psychology·2008·2 authors

36citations

Competence and Social Participation

Contemporary Psychology·2002·1 author

0citations

Intimate culture of families in the early socialization of literacy.

Journal of Family Psychology·2002·4 authors

103citations

Intelligence and Culture

Cambridge University Press eBooks·2000·1 author·chapter

92citations

The Impact of Psychology on Third World Development

African social research·1997·1 author

11citations

International Preferences in Selecting Mates

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology·1990·47 authors·Open access

746citations

COMMENTARY: THE IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGY ON THIRD WORLD DEVELOPMENT

International Journal of Psychology·1984·1 author·editorial

27citations

How Relevant is American Psychology to the rest of the World?

Contemporary Psychology·1982·1 author

0citations

LINGUISTIC FLEXIBILITY IN URBAN ZAMBIAN SCHOOLCHILDREN*

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences·1980·1 author

11citations

Need for a new direction: Psychology in Africa

Reviews in Anthropology·1977·1 author·other

0citations

Another Opinion on Pictorial Art in Zambia

African Arts·1975·1 author

0citations

PERFORMANCE ON A SORTING TASK

International Journal of Psychology·1971·2 authors

67citations