Author: Lois Wladis Hoffman

Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation

Published: 1964-12-31

Total Pages: 558

ISBN-13: 161044647X

Makes a major contribution to current research on children by providing a broad view of up-to-date, authoritative material in many different areas. Contributors have selected and interpreted the relevant material in reference to the practitioner's interests and needs. The chapters, written by prominent specialists, cover various topics in child development from early periods of socialization to the development of higher mental processes, and include two chapters dealing with genetic and neurophysiological bases of behavior.