Growing YoungBloomsbury Academic, 1989 - 292 páginas In this new, revised edition of his landmark book, Montagu compels us to reevaluate the way we think about growth and development, in all its phases, throughout life. Humans are designed to grow and develop their childlike qualities, and not to become the ossified adults prescribed by society. Montagu demonstrates how our culture, schools, and families are in conspiracy against such childlike traits as the need to love, to learn, to wonder, to know, to explore, to think, to experiment, to be imaginative, creative and curious, to sing, dance, or play. He also reveals the many links between physical and mental aging and tells how to prevent psychosclerosis, the hardening of the mind, so that we can die young--as late as possible. The best statement ever written on the most important, neglected theme of human life and evolution. Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard University |
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... function in any creature other than human . Students of primates have uni- formly failed to observe anything resembling weeping in any non- human primate . The great student of primate behavior , Robert Yerkes , wrote , " Young ...
... function ; the lungs take over the respiratory functions formerly per- formed by the placenta . The THERMOREGULATORY mechanism must begin to work , the eyes to focus , the sustaining systems to function , and a great deal else . The ...
... function of that tearing is the same as that in emotional weeping ; to keep the mucous membranes moist and functioning . Socially and psychologically weeping serves ... function as laughter . The psychosocial function of 156 ASHLEY MONTAGU.
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Neoteny and Human Biological Evolution | 12 |
The Evolution of Human Behavior | 46 |
Chapter 4 | 62 |
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Continuity of Neural Functions from Prenatal to Postnatal Life Heinz F. Prechtl Vista previa limitada - 1984 |
Continuity of Neural Functions from Prenatal to Postnatal Life Heinz F. Prechtl Vista previa limitada - 1984 |