Galen's Prophecy: Temperament In Human Nature

by Kagan,Jerome

• ISBN13: 9780813333557
• ISBN10: 0813333555
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1997-02-07
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Nearly two thousand years ago a physician named Galen of Pergamon suggested that much of the variation in human behavior could be explained by an individual's temperament. Since that time, inborn dispositions have fallen in and out of favor. Based on fifteen years of research,Galen's Prophecynow provides fresh insights into these complex questions, offering startling new evidence to support Galen's ancient classification of melancholic and sanguine adults. Integrating evidence and ideas from biology, philosophy, and psychology, Jerome Kagan examines the implications of the idea of temperament for aggressive behavior, conscience, psychopathology, and the degree to which each of us can be expected to control our deepest emotions.

Author Biography

Jerome Kagan is the Daniel and Amy Starch Professor of Psychology at Harvard University and the author of many books, including The Nature of the Child.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xiii
The Idea of Temperament: the Past	p. 1
What is Temperament?	p. 38
The Family of Fears	p. 78
The Beginnings	p. 113
The Physiology of Inhibited and Uninhibited Children	p. 140
Early Predictors of the Two Types	p. 170
Infant Reactivity and Sympathetic Physiology	p. 208
Implications	p. 237
Reflections	p. 261
Notes	p. 301
Index	p. 362
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