Jérôme Kagan

Tout est-il joué dès l'âge de trois ans ? Être intelligent, qu'est-ce que cela veut dire ? Le sens moral n'est-il que le produit de conventions ou bien est-ce le résultat de l'évolution ? Tous ces thèmes font l'objet de controverses parfois féroces.... Lire la suite

A Young Mind in a Growing Brain summarizes some initial conclusions that follow simultaneous examination of the psychological milestones of human development during its first decade and what has been learned about brain growth. This volume proposes... Lire la suite

As infants we are rife with potential. For a short time, we have before us a seemingly infinite number of developmental paths. Soon, however, we become limited to certain paths as we grow into unique products of our genetics and experience. But what... Lire la suite

This book pulls together experts in the fields of economics and Russian culture, all participants in the Samuel P. Huntington Memorial Symposium on Culture, Cultural Change and Economic Development, a follow-up to the 1999 Cultural Values and Human... Lire la suite

Nearly two thousand years ago a physician named Galen of Pergamon suggested that much of the variation in human behavior could be explained by an individual's temperament. Since that time, inborn dispositions have fallen in and out of favor. Based... Lire la suite

Nel 1959 Charles P. Snow tenne la sua ormai famosa Rede Lecture all'Università di Cambridge, sul tema de Le due culture (libro pubblicato da Feltrinelli nel 1964), una riflessione sull'accademia basata sul presupposto che esistessero due soli tipi... Lire la suite

Per decenni le differenze di temperamento sono state attribuite a fattori esclusivamente ambientali. Quando le teorie di Freud imperavano, le differenze nella risposta emotiva e comportamentale delle persone venivano tutte legate a esperienze... Lire la suite

A distinguished psychologist considers five conditions that constrain inferences about the relation between brain activity and psychological processes. Scientists were unable to study the relation of brain to mind until the invention of technologies... Lire la suite

Developing Cultures: Essays on Cultural Change is a collection of 21 expert essays on the institutions that transmit cultural values from generation to generation. The essays are an outgrowth of a research project begun by Samuel Huntington and... Lire la suite

This accessible book draws on unique evidence from oral histories and little-known archive material to shed new light on the working relationships which led to John Bowlby’s shift from psychoanalysis to ethology as a frame of reference – and... Lire la suite

«Fuori contesto». Si chiama così la terra di nessuno delle astrazioni indimostrate in cui vagolano da tempo i fantasmi della psicologia, ossia della disciplina che più di altre dovrebbe invece indagare gli esseri umani nella loro viva, singolare... Lire la suite

An argument that the meaning of a psychological or biological measure depends on the age, gender class, and ethnicity of the human subject. In Kinds Come First, the distinguished psychologist Jerome Kagan argues that—contrary to the common... Lire la suite

The culmination of almost seven decades of research, A Trio of Pursuits: Puzzles in Human Development is the magnum opus of the career of Dr. Jerome Kagan, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, USA. This book summarizes three of the... Lire la suite

In this sophisticated overview of human emotions, a widely respected psychologist and author addresses the ambiguities and embraces the controversies that surround this intriguing subject. An insightful and lucid thinker, Jerome Kagan examines what... Lire la suite