"A Wiley-Interscience publication." Includes bibliographies.
Contents:
I: Foundations -- 1. Foundations for the study of individual children / Jack C. Westman and Helen H. Baldwin -- 2. Some structural determinants of early infant behavior / Peter H. Wolff -- 3. Sex differences in early development / Mourad Arganian -- II: Developmental perspectives -- 4. Individual differences at birth: implications for early experience and later development / Anneliese F. Korner -- 5. Temperament in the normal infant / Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas -- 6. Cognitive structure in latency behavior / David Elkind -- 7. Sequence, tempo and individual variation in adolescent growth and development / J.M. Tanner -- III: Situational perspectives -- 8. The differential impact of environmental conditions as a function of different reaction patterns in infancy / Sibylle K. Escalona -- 9. Parent-child relations, adaptation in nursery school and the child's task orientation: a contrast in the development of two girls / Christoph M. Heinicke, Fred Busch, Phyllis Click, and Estelle Kramer -- 10. Differences in cognitive style and birth order / Irving D. Harris -- IV: Research models -- 11. A biological model for understanding the behavior of individuals / Lorna Smith Benjamin -- 12. A methodology for the intensive observation of the preschool child / Christoph M. Heinicke, Fred Busch, Phyllis Click, and Estelle Kramer -- 13. Methods and models in primate personality research / William T. McKinney, Jr., Stephen Suomi, and Harry Harlow -- V: Clinical applications -- 14. Measurement of infant temperament in pediatric practice / William B. Carey -- 15. Clinical experience with efforts to define individual differences in temperament / Grace S. Gregg -- 16. Significance of the individual difference approach / Jack C. Westman.
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