1st Edition
The Study of Temperament Changes, Continuities, and Challenges
192 Pages
by
Psychology Press
192 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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First Published in 1986. The modern history of temperament research began in the late 1950s with the New York Longitudinal Study. Twenty-five years later, temperament has become a major focus of research on early developing emotional and social traits. The impetus for this growth in temperament research stems from the merging of several shifts in child development research: from a view of the... Read more
Chapter 1 The Measurement of Temperament, John E. Bates; Chapter 2 Issues of Stability and Continuity in Temperament Research, Robert B. McCall; Chapter 3 Continuity and Discontinuity of Temperament in Infancy and Early Childhood, Sean C. McDevitt; Chapter 4 The New York Longitudinal Study, Alexander Thomas, Stella Chess; Chapter 5 Temperamental Inhibition in Early Childhood, Jerome Kagan, J. Steven Reznick, Nancy Snidman; Chapter 6 The EAS Approach to Temperament, Arnold H. Buss, Robert Plomin; Chapter 7 Behavior-Genetics Research in Infant Temperament, Ronald S. Wilson, Adam P. Matheny Jr.; Chapter 8 Children and Adolescents in Their Contexts, Richard M. Lerner, Jacqueline V. Lerner, Michael Windle, Karen Hooker, Kathleen Lenerz, Patricia L. East; Chapter 9 Changes in Associations Between Characteristics and Interactions, Joan Stevenson-Hinde, Robert A. Hinde; Chapter 10 Temperament, Development, and Culture, Charles M. Super, Sara Harkness; Chapter 11 Clinical Interactions of Temperament, William B. Carey; Chapter 12 Commentary, Judith Dunn;
Biography
Robert Plomin University of Colorado, Boulder,
Judith Dunn University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
"...a valuable resource for researchers interested in the nature of temperament and its relation to development."
—Contemporary Psychology
