Infancy: Its Place In Human Development
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
What does the earliest chapter of human life truly reveal about the person we are destined to become? Infancy: Its Place in Human Development presents a landmark investigation into the psychological and cognitive growth of infants, arguing that the experiences of the first years of life are far more nuanced and complex than previously understood. Drawing on rigorous longitudinal research conducted across diverse cultural and socioeconomic settings, the authors chronicle the developmental milestones of infancy — from perceptual awareness to the emergence of language and social attachment — dismantling long-held assumptions about the deterministic power of early childhood experience. Jerome Kagan, one of the most influential developmental psychologists of the twentieth century, alongside Richard B. Kearsley and Philip R. Zelazo, instructs readers through a wealth of empirical data while maintaining an accessible and intellectually rigorous prose style. The work argues persuasively that human development is a dynamic interplay between biological maturation and environmental context, rather than a simple product of early conditioning. A foundational text in developmental psychology, it challenges readers to reconsider what we believe we know about human potential — and at what age our story truly begins.
Author: Jerome Kagan, Richard B. Kearsley, Philip R. Zelazo
Format: Hardback
Genre: Psychology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
What does the earliest chapter of human life truly reveal about the person we are destined to become? Infancy: Its Place in Human Development presents a landmark investigation into the psychological and cognitive growth of infants, arguing that the experiences of the first years of life are far more nuanced and complex than previously understood. Drawing on rigorous longitudinal research conducted across diverse cultural and socioeconomic settings, the authors chronicle the developmental milestones of infancy — from perceptual awareness to the emergence of language and social attachment — dismantling long-held assumptions about the deterministic power of early childhood experience. Jerome Kagan, one of the most influential developmental psychologists of the twentieth century, alongside Richard B. Kearsley and Philip R. Zelazo, instructs readers through a wealth of empirical data while maintaining an accessible and intellectually rigorous prose style. The work argues persuasively that human development is a dynamic interplay between biological maturation and environmental context, rather than a simple product of early conditioning. A foundational text in developmental psychology, it challenges readers to reconsider what we believe we know about human potential — and at what age our story truly begins.