1st Edition

The Stages of Life Personalities and Patterns in Human Emotional Development

By Hugh Crago Copyright 2017
214 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

Is personality "in the genes"? Do our infant experiences matter, even though we can’t remember them? Why do patterns repeat within the lives of individuals and families? The Stages of Life provides   answers to these and other intriguing questions, and   presents a   refreshingly readable introduction to human development from birth to death. The book synthesises... Read more

Preface; 1. The end and the beginning  2.  ‘And not in utter nakedness’: temperament and attachment in infancy 3. aven lies about us in our infancy’: the preschool years  4.  Widening horizons: pre-school to puberty  5. Discovering self and sex: adolescence  6. ‘The tide is high’: young adulthood 7.  ‘The maker and the made’: marriage and parenthood 8.  ‘The middle of the journey of our lives’  9. Legacies: mid-life to late adulthood 10. ‘The clouds that gather round the setting sun’; Further reading; Index

Biography

Hugh Crago is Adjunct Fellow in the School of Social Sciences and Psychology at Western Sydney University, Australia.