This book tackles the fundamental questions of developmental theory in a manner easy to read.... (It) is also a sophisticated piece of work that presents a novel picture of the infant and toddler, one that never relies on the kind of unwarranted, adultomorphic assumptions that mar most psychoanalytic accounts of early childhood.Freedman has long been one of the most distinguished of infant observers. Expertise in brain science and cognitive psychology permits him to define the limits of what is biologically possible in ...
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This book tackles the fundamental questions of developmental theory in a manner easy to read.... (It) is also a sophisticated piece of work that presents a novel picture of the infant and toddler, one that never relies on the kind of unwarranted, adultomorphic assumptions that mar most psychoanalytic accounts of early childhood.Freedman has long been one of the most distinguished of infant observers. Expertise in brain science and cognitive psychology permits him to define the limits of what is biologically possible in development. His work is unique in its use of 'natural experiments' -- events that deprive infants of various essential experiences -- to demonstrate the complex course of psychological development.
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