Long Shadow of Temperament

Name: Long Shadow of Temperament
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ISBN: 9780674032330

ISBN-10: 0674032330

ISBN-13: 9780674032330

Edition: 2004

Authors: Jerome Kagan, Nancy Snidman

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We have seen these children--the shy and the sociable, the cautious and the daring--and wondered what makes one avoid new experience and another avidly pursue it. At the crux of the issue surrounding the contribution of nature to development is the study that Jerome Kagan and his colleagues have been conducting for more than two decades. In The Long Shadow of Temperament, Kagan and Nancy Snidman summarize the results of this unique inquiry into human temperaments, one of the best-known longitudinal studies in developmental psychology. These results reveal how deeply certain fundamental temperamental biases can be preserved over development.Identifying two extreme temperamental…

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List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 4/3/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.95" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Jerome Kagan is Daniel and Amy Starch Professor of Psychology at Harvard University.

Nancy Snidman is Lecturer in the Department of Psychology and Research Director of the Harvard University Infant and Child Study Center.



Prologue



Overview



The Tapestries of Temperament



Biological Responses to Unfamiliarity



Behavioral and Biological Assessments



Integrating Behavior and Biology



Implications


References


Index