Judith Rich Harris was a groundbreaking theorist who challenged conventional wisdom regarding child development. She posited that peer interactions and broader cultural influences play a more significant role in shaping personality than parental upbringing. Her work emphasizes the complex nature of human development, urging a consideration of the wider social context. Harris's contributions to psychology continue to spark important discussions about what makes us individuals.
Deep past and lively present intertwine in this captivating story of Trevignano Romano, a prize-winning resort village on the shores of the glimmering lake whose waters spurt from the fountains of Rome. The town history is unique, from Stone Age dwellers to Roman emperors, barbarian invaders, a medieval miracle worker and Renaissance warlords.
This is the extraordinary saga of Countess Evelina van Millingen Pisani, a modern woman who lived in the age of Queen Victoria. A friend of Henry James and Isabella Stewart Gardner, she led a rich but turbulent life that spanned from Rome to Constantinople and Venice.
"The Description for this book, The Quotable Jung, will be forthcoming"--
"Explains why parents have little power to determine the sort of people their children become. It is what children experience outside the home, in the company of their peers, that matters most. Parents don't socialize children: children socialize children."--Publisher's description.
The author of The Nurture Assumption draws on principles in evolutionary psychology to explore a controversial theory about the source of human personality, challenging current scientific beliefs while examining what can be learned through studies of language, autism, chimpanzees, and more. Reprint.
How much credit do parents deserve when their children turn out well? How much blame when they turn out badly? This book explodes some of our deepest beliefs and gives us something radically new to put in their place.