Birth to Maturity: A Study in Psychological Development

Moss, Howard A.,Kagan, Jerome

ISBN 10: 0300029985 / ISBN 13: 9780300029987

Published by Yale University Press, 1983

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HARDCOVER Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Birth to Maturity: A Study in Psychological Development
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300029985
• ISBN 13: 9780300029987
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good

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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.