The Development of Affect. (Genesis of Behavior).

LEWIS, Michael & ROSENBLUM, Leonard A. (Eds)

ISBN 10: 030634341X / ISBN 13: 9780306343414

Published by Plenum Press, 1978

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426 pages, a very good hardback in a generally very good dust-jacket (its spine sunned and the lettering thereon renewed in red against a silver background - so now very legible) - a book in the Genesis of Behavior series [030634341X]. Seller Inventory # 20278

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Title: The Development of Affect. (Genesis of ...

Publisher: Plenum Press

Publication Date: 1978

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

How are we to understand the complex forces that shape human behavior? A variety of diverse perspectives, drawing upon studies of human behavioral ontogeny, as well as humanity's evolutionary herit- age seem to provide the best likelihood of success. It is in the attempt to synthesize such potentially disparate approaches to human develop- ment into an integrated whole that we undertake this series on the Genesis of Behavior. In many respects, the incredible burgeoning of research in child development the last or like a lines over decade two seems thousand of inquiry spreading outward in an incoherent starburst of effort. The need exists to provide, on an ongoing basis, an arena of discourse within which the threads of continuity between those diverse lines of research on human development can be woven into a fabric of meaning and understanding. Scientists, scholars, and those who attempt to translate their efforts into the practical realities of the care and guidance of infants and children are the audience that we seek to reach. Each requires the opportunity to see-to the degree that our knowledge in given areas permits-various aspects of development in a coherent, integrated fashion. It is hoped that this series-by bringing together research on infant biology; developing infant capacities; animal models, the impact of social, cultural, and familial forces on development, and the distorted products of such forces under certain circumstances-will serve these important social and scientific needs.