Childhood and human nature : the development of personality

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Childhood and human nature : the development of personality

Sula Wolff

Routledge, 1989

  • pbk.

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Bibliography: p. 210-226

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ISBN 9780415011280

Description

Dr Sula Wolff provides a comprehensive and accessible account of the major aspects of personality development in childhood. She includes a wealth of case histories, with children and parents speaking for themselves. This book should be of interest to medical students, psychiatrists in training, students of psychology and social work, and teachers in special education.

Table of Contents

  • Author's note
  • Introduction
  • Part I Inborn Aspects of Personality and Development: 1. A biological view of personality
  • 2. Intelligence and achievement
  • 3. Temperament
  • Part II Developmental Processes: 4. Sociability in infancy
  • 5. From infancy to childhood - social relationships in the pre-school years
  • 6. The growth of intelligence and the birth of language
  • 7. Emotional development - psychoanalysis and the inner self
  • 8. Emotional development - psychoanalysis and the social self
  • Part III The Social Environment: 9. Culture and social learning
  • 10. How can we safeguard personality development?
  • References
  • Index.
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pbk. ISBN 9780415011297

Description

A comprehensive and accessible account of the major aspects of personality development in childhood, using a wealth of case histories and allowing children and parents to speak for themselves. This book should be of interest to medical students, psychiatrists in training, students of psychology and social work, and teachers in special education.

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