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 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-3 de 42
... occurs during the first five years of life , and as may be seen from Table 5 , it is during this period that the greater part of brain growth occurs . THE BRAIN Since Bolk's day we have acquired a great deal of knowledge con- cerning ...
... occurs . In one kind of protoplasm , for example , the most active region gives rise to a circle of tentacles and a mouth , in another it develops a head , in still another into a growing tip . " So the kind of person who develops in a ...
... occur with age it will vary in different individuals and will occur at different rates in the areas and parts of the brain affected . But such ... occurs in infancy and child- hood it was thought that the damage done to the Growing Young 193.
Contenido
Neoteny and Human Biological Evolution | 12 |
The Evolution of Human Behavior | 46 |
Chapter 4 | 62 |
Derechos de autor | |
Otras 10 secciones no mostradas
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
Referencias a este libro
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 |