The Growth of the Mind: And the Endangered Origins of Intelligence - Hardcover

Greenspan, Stanley I.

 
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Synopsis

Revealing the link between child development and social evolution, a psychiatrist examines six fundamental levels forming the architecture of the human mind and explains how fundamental early experience is endangered by social structures, impersonal technologies, and child-rearing patterns.

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About the Author

Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., author of the widely used and praised books The Challenging Child and (with Serena Wieder, Ph.D.) Engaging Autism, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at George Washington University Medical School and lives in Bethesda, Maryland. Beryl Lieff Benderly is the author of several books, including Dancing without Music: Deafness in America.

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Examines the link between child development and social evolution and the impact of social structures, technology, and child-rearing patterns on fundamental experiences.

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ISBN 10:  0738200263 ISBN 13:  9780738200262
Publisher: Da Capo Press, 1998
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