Studies of childhood / James Sully.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sully, James, 1842-1923, author.

Series:

Family Issues in the 21st Century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child development.

Child psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (375 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2020]

Summary:

"This book is not a complete treatise on child-psychology, but deals with certain aspects of childhood that are of interest: play, imagination, language, fear, morality and discipline. The book is presented in a manner which should attract other readers than students of psychology, particularly parents and young teachers."-- Publisher description.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface*

Chapter 1

Introductory

Chapter 2

The Age of Imagination

Why We Call Children Imaginative

Imaginative Transformation of Objects

Imagination and Play

Free Projection of Fancies

Imagination and Storyland

Chapter 3

The Dawn of Reason

The Process of Thought

The Questioning Age

Chapter 4

Products of Child-Thought

The Child's Thoughts about Nature

Psychological Ideas

Theological Ideas

Chapter 5

The Little Linguist

Prelinguistic Babblings

Transition to Articulate Speech

Beginnings of Linguistic Imitation

Transformations of Our Words

Logical Side of Children's Language

Sentence-Building

Getting at Our Meanings

Chapter 6

Subject to Fear

Children's Sensibility

Startling Effect of Sounds

Fear of Visible Things

The Fear of Animals

Fear of the Dark

Fears and Their Palliatives

Chapter 7

Raw Material of Morality

Primitive Egoism

Germs of Altruism

Children's Lies

Chapter 8

Under Law

The Struggle with Law

On the Side of Law

The Wise Law-Giver

Chapter 9

The Child as Artist

First Responses to Natural Beauty

Early Attitude towards Art

Beginnings of Art-Production

Chapter 10

The Young Draughtsman

First Attempts to Draw

First Drawings of the Human Figure

Front and Side View of Human Figure

First Drawings of Animals

Men on Horseback, etc.

Résumé of Facts

Explanation of Facts

Chapter 11

Extracts from a Father's Diary

First Year

Second Year

Third Year

Fourth Year

Fifth Year

Sixth Year

Chapter 12

George Sand's Childhood

The First Years

The Grandmother's Regime

A Self-Evolved Religion

Bibliography

General Works on Child Psychology

Special Works

Thoughts and Reasonings

Language

Fear.

Moral Characteristics

Art

Drawing

Index

Blank Page.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-5361-8552-3

OCLC:

1231611336