Babies' minds: Piagetian and Kleinian perspectives
How do babies develop an understanding of the people and things that populate the world, and at what age do they begin to acquire it? This program examines Jean Piaget's and Melanie Klein's theories on infant mental representation. Examples of infan...
Childhood: Program 3. Love's labors
This program provides an exploration of the fascinating period between six months and three years, when almost every day brings startling evidence of rapid maturation in brain and body - improved coordination, increased mobility, the acquisition of ...
Childhood: Program 2. Louder than words
An infant may not be able to speak, but research clearly shows that the roots of future personality are present from birth. Observer Jerome Kagan shows why shyness and sociability have a distinct biological component. But is biology destiny? We expl...