The first idea : how symbols, language, and intelligence evolved from our primate ancestors to moder...
The first idea : how symbols, language, and intelligence evolved from our primate ancestors to moder...
The first idea : how symbols, language, and intelligence evolved from our primate ancestors to modern humans / Stanley I. Greenspan, Stuart G. Shanker.
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Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2004.
Date
2004.
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N153.7/63
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 504 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Origin of symbols -- Ch. 2. Intellectual growth and transformations of emotions during the course of life -- Ch. 3. The early stages of emotional regulation, engagement, and signaling : nonhuman primates and the earliest hominids -- Ch. 4. Problem-solving collaborations : chimpanzees and earl...
Ch. 14. A new history of History -- Ch. 15. Future evolution : toward a psychology of global interdependency.
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Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2004.
Edition
1st Da Capo Press ed.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2004.
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"In the childhood of every human being, and at the dawn of human history, there is an amazing - and until now unexplained - leap from simple, genetically programmed behavior to symbolic thinking, language, and culture. In The First Idea, Stanley Greenspan and Stuart Shanker explore this missing link and offer new insights into two longstanding ques...
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The first idea : how symbols, language, and intelligence evolved from our primate ancestors to modern humans / Stanley I. Greenspan, Stuart G. Shanker.
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"A Merloyd Lawrence book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-488) and index.
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N153.7/63
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74VKDradjv0X
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0738206806 (alk. paper)
9780738206806 (alk. paper)
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153.7
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991019015469702626
