The roots of the self : unraveling the mystery of who we are / Robert Ornstein ; illustrations by Ted Dewan
- Bib ID:
- 1415154
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Ornstein, Robert E. (Robert Evan), 1942-
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Description:
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- [San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, c1993
- viii, 240 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0062507885 (alkaline paper)
- 0062507893 (alkaline paper) (paperback)
- Full contents:
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- 1. Introduction: The Puzzle of Individuality
- Pt. 1. On Human Nature. 2. Coming of Age in Self-Understanding: The Tale of Galton, Boas, and Mead. 3. From the Cell to the Self
- Pt. 2. On Individual Human Nature: The Forms of Temperament. 4. Early Differences. 5. Three Dimensions of Temperament. 6. High and Low Amplification: Setting the Gain Control. 7. Deliberation-Liberation: Organizing Actions and Thought. 8. Positive Approach, Negative Withdrawal. 9. Disorders: At the Ends of the Continuum
- Pt. 3. Race, Sex, and Family. 10. Skin Color, Cultural Differences, Intelligence, and Individuality. 11. Why Are Children in the Same Family So Dissimilar? 12. Sex Matters
- Pt. 4. Differences in Mind. 13. The Hand, the Brain, and the Individual Mind. 14. Small Pieces of the Puzzle: Differences in Memory and Thinking
- Pt. 5. Completing Ourselves: Going Beyond Our Inheritance.
- 15. Of Monkey Brains, Fish Hierarchy, Tame and Wild Cats, Missing Limbs, and the Amazing Possibility of Growth in the Brain. 16. On Human Nature and Individual Human Nature: Changes Large and Small.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-229) and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1993
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