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1 online resource (xix, 255 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-239) and index. |
| Summary |
Temperament is the single most pervasive fact about us and our fellow travelers in life. We notice it; we gossip about it; we make judgments based on it; we unconsciously shape our lives with it. In this work, the author, a developmental psychologist draws on decades of research to describe the nature of temperament, the in born traits that underlie our responses to experience. Along the way he answers such questions as, How does the temperament we are born with affect the rest of our lives? Are we set at birth on an irrevocable path of optimism or pessimism? Must a fussy baby always become an anxious adult? He paints a picture of temperament as a thread that, when woven with those of life experiences, forms the whole cloth of personality. He presents solid evidence to show how genes, gender, culture, and happenstance contribute to temperament as well as influence and shape a mature personality. He explains how temperament sets the stage for the myriad of personality variations, from the dazzling to the desperate, that we see all around us. Temperament research, powered by the new tools of neuroscience and psychological science, will be an important source of tomorrow's ideas, as well as enriching our understanding of others in every context, from our closest relationships to those in workplaces, schools, and even casual encounters. |
| Contents |
Introduction : what are human temperaments? -- Reacting to the unexpected -- Experience and inference -- Temperament and gender -- Temperament and ethnicity -- Temperament and mental illness -- What have we learned? |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Temperament.
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Temperament. |
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Personality -- Genetic aspects.
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Personality -- Genetic aspects. |
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Personality and culture.
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Personality and culture. |
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Individual differences.
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Individual differences. |
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Nature and nurture.
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Nature and nurture. |
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Personality -- Social aspects.
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Personality -- Social aspects. |
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Personality development.
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Personality development. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kagan, Jerome. Temperamental thread. New York : Dana Press, ©2010 9781932594508 (DLC) 2009044004 (OCoLC)465680036 |
| ISBN |
9781932594409 (electronic book) |
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193259440X (electronic book) |
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9781932594508 |
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1932594507 |
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