Feral Children and Clever Animals
Feral Children and Clever Animals
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Summary
Candland argues, through an array of examples from the literature on feral children and clever animals, that the ways in which we human beings construct our understanding of these minds tells us more about our own minds than about those of the beings we select for study.
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Feral Children and Clever Animals by Candland
Candland argues, through an array of examples from the literature on feral children and clever animals, that the ways in which we human beings construct our understanding of these minds tells us more about our own minds than about those of the beings we select for study.
.. an eye-opening history of psychology... * Nature *
... provides an enlightening analysis of language, intelligence, and learning... Scholarly and sensitive, this is absorbing reading. * Booklist *
Original and entertaining. * Kirkus Reviews *
... provides an enlightening analysis of language, intelligence, and learning... Scholarly and sensitive, this is absorbing reading. * Booklist *
Original and entertaining. * Kirkus Reviews *
Douglas Keith Candland is Professor of Psychology and Animal Behavior at Bucknell University. He has written for publications as diverse as The New Yorker and American Psychologist, and is the author of Psychology: The Experimental Approach (Second Edition, 1978), Emotion (1977), and Psychology (1962).
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780195102840 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195102843 |
| Title | Feral Children and Clever Animals |
| Author | Candland |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 1996-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |