The Nature of the Child
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| Author | Jerome Kagan |
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| Subject | Developmental psychology |
| Publisher | Basic Books |
Publication date | 1984 |
| Pages | 309 |
| ISBN | 0465048501 |
The Nature of the Child is a 1984 book by American psychologist Jerome Kagan. In a series of essays, Kagan challenges beliefs in child rearing and developmental psychology, namely that negative or positive attachments to parents necessarily results in a child's wellbeing as they mature. Kagan argues that such beliefs are unsupported and that a child's temperament relies more on biology and cognitive development.[1]