1st Edition

Galen's Prophecy Temperament In Human Nature

By Jerome Kagan Copyright 1998
403 Pages
by Routledge

404 Pages
by Routledge

404 Pages
by Routledge

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 on fifteen years of research, Galen's Prophecy now provides fresh insights into these complex questions, offering startling new evidence to support... Read more
* The Idea of Temperament: The Past * What Is Temperament? * The Family of Fears * The Beginnings * The Physiology of Inhibited and Uninhibited Children * Early Predictors of the Two Types * Infant Reactivity and Sympathetic Physiology * Implications * Reflections

Biography

Jerome Kagan