Humans have a far longer period childhood than any other species on Earth. In the Western World, this time of immaturity and dependency has got longer in the last fifty years or so. Alison Gopnik, Professor of Psychology at the University of Berkeley investigates what we learn as children and why. She challenges the prevailing assumption that 'who we are' is rooted in our childhood and reveals why Freudian ideas, so widely accepted in popular culture, are no longer taken seriously. From scientific studies of babies' brain patterns to the philosophical issues at the heart of childcare, this is both an antidote to those dreadful 'parenting' books and a plain language guide to understanding children's cognitive development
- ISBN10 0297829807
- ISBN13 9780297829805
- Publish Date 14 January 2010
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 22 July 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Orion Publishing Co
- Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English