Birth to Maturity: A Study in Psychological Development

Kagan, Daniel and Amy Starch Research Professor of Psychology Emeritus Jerome; Moss, Howard

ISBN 10: 0300030290 / ISBN 13: 9780300030297

Published by Yale University Press (edition 2nd Revised ed.), 1983

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The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Birth to Maturity: A Study in Psychological Development
• Publisher: Yale University Press (edition 2nd Revised ed.)
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300030290
• ISBN 13: 9780300030297
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Revised ed.
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

This relevant and influential book is the analysis of a longitudinal study of eighty-nine individuals who were assessed at birth and again at regular intervals; observational, psychometric, and interview data were collected for each child and his family until the child reached adolescence, and seventy-one of the subjects were reassessed when they became adults. The book emphasizes the relationship between early experiences and adult characteristics, and has remained throughout the years a forceful argument for and illustration of the continuity thesis.

About the Author

Jerome Kagan is a developmental psychologist, a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and emeritus professor at Harvard University. He has received the Distinguished Scientist Awards from the American Psychological Association and the Society for Research in Child Development. Jerome Kagan has written several books dealing with the assumptions of the social sciences. He is best known for his research on moral development, infant cognition, and temperamental biases in children.

Moss was the poetry editor of The New Yorker for nearly four decades. He was also a poet, playwright, and critic.