The Second Year: The Emergence of Self-Awareness

by Jerome Kagan

Book Overview

The second year is that daunting time when the previously docile and adorable infant inevitably develops a mind of her own. In this book, Jerome Kagan takes a provocative look at the mental developments underlying the startling transitions in the child's second year.It is Kagan's premise that the roots of self-awareness emerge in the second half of the second year of life. He also suggests that the underlying cause may be more biological than social...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674796624
• ISBN13: 9780674796621
• Release Date: October 1981
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 163 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"