Continuity and Change in the Opening Years of Life
Published 1 January 1984
Jerome Kagan
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Abstract
Each historical period is characterized by a small number of intellectual concerns that become the titles of celebrated essays. Understanding, emotion, reason, morality, and freedom have many entries because each has been regarded as a quintessential property of human nature. Each remains a puzzle. Although these impenetrable themes continue to dominate the brooding of modern scholars, the puzzle of human psychological development is a relatively recent addition to the list. The reasons for its emergence as an enigma attracting serious study include historically novel apprehensions, demographic changes in the society, and the discovery of information about the child and its plan of growth.
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