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The roots of the self : unraveling the mystery of who we are
- Title
- The roots of the self : unraveling the mystery of who we are / Robert Ornstein ; illustrations by Ted Dewan.
- Author
- Ornstein, Robert E. (Robert Evan), 1942-
- Publication
- [San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, [1993]
- ©1993
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Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Book/Text | Use in library | BF697 .O65 1993 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- viii, 240 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- Discusses the building blocks of genetics and environment in shaping of human behavior and personality.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction. The puzzle of individuality -- pt. 1. On human nature. Coming of age in self-understanding : the tale of Galton, Boas, and Mead -- From the cell to the self -- pt. 2. On individual human nature : the forms of temperament. Early differences -- Three dimensions of temperament -- High and low amplification : setting the gain control -- Deliberation-liberation : organizing actions and thought -- Positive approach, negative withdrawal -- Disorders : at the ends of the continuum -- pt. 3. Race, sex, and family. Skin color, cultural differences, intelligence, and individuality -- Why are children in the same family so dissimilar? -- Sex matters -- pt. 4. Differences in mind. The hand, the brain, and the individual mind -- Small pieces of the puzzle : differences in memory and thinking -- pt. 5. Completing ourselves : going beyond our inheritance. Of monkey brains, fish hierarchy, tame and wild cats, missing limbs, and the amazing possibility of growth in the brain -- On human nature and individual human nature : changes large and small.
- ISBN
- 0062507885
- 9780062507884
- 0062507893
- 9780062507891
- 0062510835
- 9780062510839
- LCCN
- 92056116
- OCLC
- ocm28017762
- 28017762
- SCSB-2000320
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library