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The Nature and Nurture of Love. From Imprinting to Attachment in Cold War America.
Marga Vicedo
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paperback. Examines scientific views about children's emotional needs and mother love from World War II until the 1970s, paying particular attention to John Bowlby's ethological theory of attachment behavior. The author tracks the development of Bowlby's work as well as the interdisciplinary research that he used to support his theory. Num Pages: 332 pages, 19 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: JMC; JMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
In The Nature and Nurture of Love, Marga Vicedo examines scientific views about children's emotional needs and mother love from World War II until the 1970s, paying particular attention to John Bowlby's ethological theory of attachment behavior. Vicedo tracks the development of Bowlby's work as well as the interdisciplinary research that he used to support his theory, including Konrad Lorenz's studies of imprinting in geese, Harry Harlow's experiments with monkeys, and Mary Ainsworth's observations of children and mothers in Uganda and the United States. Vicedo's historical analysis reveals that important psychoanalysts and animal researchers opposed the project of turning emotions ... Read more
In The Nature and Nurture of Love, Marga Vicedo examines scientific views about children's emotional needs and mother love from World War II until the 1970s, paying particular attention to John Bowlby's ethological theory of attachment behavior. Vicedo tracks the development of Bowlby's work as well as the interdisciplinary research that he used to support his theory, including Konrad Lorenz's studies of imprinting in geese, Harry Harlow's experiments with monkeys, and Mary Ainsworth's observations of children and mothers in Uganda and the United States. Vicedo's historical analysis reveals that important psychoanalysts and animal researchers opposed the project of turning emotions ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
Number of Pages
332
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226215136
SKU
V9780226215136
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About Marga Vicedo
Marga Vicedo is associate professor in the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at the University of Toronto.
Reviews for The Nature and Nurture of Love. From Imprinting to Attachment in Cold War America.
"More than the story of a controversy in developmental psychology, it is a compelling interrogation of a popular scientific theory, its creators, and its critics." (Science)"