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The Long Shadow Of Temperament

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Description for The Long Shadow Of Temperament Paperback. At the crux of the issue surrounding the contribution of nature to development is the study that the author and his colleagues have been conducting. This title summarizes the results of this unique inquiry into human temperaments, one of the best-known longitudinal studies in developmental psychology. Num Pages: 304 pages, 21 line illustrations, 14 tables. BIC Classification: JMC; JMS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 201 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 338.

We have seen these children—the shy and the sociable, the cautious and the daring—and wondered what makes one avoid new experience and another avidly pursue it. At the crux of the issue surrounding the contribution of nature to development is the study that Jerome Kagan and his colleagues have been conducting for more than two decades. In The Long Shadow of Temperament, Kagan and Nancy Snidman summarize the results of this unique inquiry into human temperaments, one of the best-known longitudinal studies in developmental psychology. These results reveal how deeply certain fundamental temperamental biases can be preserved over development.
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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780674032330
SKU
V9780674032330
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Kagan, Jerome; Snidman, Nancy
Jerome Kagan was Daniel and Amy Starch Research Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Harvard University. Nancy Snidman is Lecturer in the Department of Psychology and Research Director of the Harvard University Infant and Child Study Center.

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This work has the potential to function as a bridge between more humanistic theories of human development and contemporary research and perspectives that are more thoroughly grounded in the natural sciences… [This] new book stands alongside Kagan’s previous works in terms of being thoughtful and stimulating. Regardless of the extent to which one agrees with Kagan and Snidman‘s assertions about ... Read more

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