Breger (emeritus psychoanalytic studies, California Institute of Technology) was a young psychologist when he wrote this book, and it contains topics that are now out of date and expresses
views that he no longer holds. Rather than rewrite the entire book, or even discuss at length every new piece of evidence and every assertion he would modify, he presents a new introduction
outlining his current views and citing references for current thinking in the field. After setting out the developmental perspective, he discusses the primate heritage and the emergence of man.
Other chapters look at infancy, childhood generally, and adolescence, but he devotes most attention to children, in chapters on play, fantasy, and dreams; anxiety, dissociation, and the growth
of self; and conscience and moral development. A final chapter discusses identity and its relationship to society and morality. The 1974 edition was published by Prentice-Hall. Annotation 穢2009
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