Beadle, Muriel.

A child's mind : how children learn during the critical years from birth to age five / Muriel Beadle ; illustrated by E. John Pfiffner. - [First edition.] - xxiii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: pages [269]-283 and index.

Never too young to learn -- Biological bases of behavior -- How inherited behavior can be modified -- Learning to love or to hate -- Babies without mothers -- Critical periods -- The anatomy of the brain -- The biology of learning --Motivation -- Freud's image of man -- Acquiring a sex identity -- The development of concepts -- Perception -- Language -- Information processing -- The measurement and inheritance of intelligence -- How environment affects intelligence -- Culture and caste -- Acquiring social-group identity -- The mark of social class -- All mice are not created equal.

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Education, Preschool.
Learning, Psychology of.
Child Development.
Learning.

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