UID:
almahu_9948025409802882
Format:
1 online resource (497 p.)
ISBN:
1-280-92720-8
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9786610927203
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0-08-054263-8
Series Statement:
Advances in psychology ; 112
Content:
The origins of knowledge about the self is arguably the most fundamental problem of psychology. It is a classic theme that has preoccupied great psychologists, beginning with William James and Freud. On reading current literature, today's developmental psychologists and ethologists are clearly expressing a renewed interest in the topic. Furthermore, recent progress in the study of infant and animal behavior, provides important and genuinely new insights regarding the origins of self-knowledge. This book is a collection of current theoretical views and research on the self in early infancy, p
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; THE SELF IN INFANCY; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; Preface; List of Contributors; PART I: Theory; Chapter 1. Are we automata?; Chapter 2. Criteria for an ecological self; Chapter 3. The self as an object of consciousness in infancy; Chapter 4. Early objectification of the self; Chapter 5. A theory of the role of imitation in the emergence of self; Chapter 6. Aspects of self: From systems to ideas; Chapter 7. Relational narratives of the prelinguistic self; Chapter 8. From direct to reflexive (self-) knowledge: A recursive model (self-produced) actions considered as transformations
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Chapter 9. The unduplicated selfChapter 10. The self as reference point: Can animals do without it?; PART II: Research; Section 1. The Self Revealed in Posture and Action; Chapter 11. Self-knowledge of body position: Integration of perceptual and action system information; Chapter 12. Using a computerized testing system to investigate the preconceptual self in nonhuman primates and humans; Chapter 13. Move yourself, baby! Perceptuo-motor development from a continuous perspective; Chapter 14. Interactions between the vestibular and visual systems in the neonate
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Chapter 15. Two modes of perceiving the selfSection 2. Perceptual Origins of the Self; Chapter 16. The effect of blindness on the early development of the self; Chapter 17. Intermodal origins of self-perception; Chapter 18. Self-orientation in early infancy: The general role of contingency and the specific case of reaching to the mouth; Chapter 19. The function and determinants of early self-exploration; Section 3. Social Origins of the Self; Chapter 20. Self/other differentiation in the domain of intimate socio-affective interaction: Some considerations; Chapter 21. Becoming a self
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Chapter 22. Understanding the self as social agentAuthor Index; Subject Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-444-81925-8
Language:
English
