Mental Development in the Child and the Race. Methods and Processes.
By Baldwin, James Mark
First Edition, first printing with seventeen figures and ten tables. Spot on both boards, rubbing to spine foot, and minor wear to fore edge, else a Near Fine, attractive copy. Scarce(one appearance in the sales records). "Baldwin proposed a biological, genetic theory of intelligence, a theory of the mind in the broadest sense, which was conceptually far ahead of its time. This theory contained within it many of the most important concepts of the biological theory of intelligence and of the genetic epistemology which would later be fleshed out. (Wozniak) Sigmund Freud would also be influenced by this work: Baldwin s book anticipated the general approach to social psychology that Freud was to take after 1910. In a November 1897 letter, he commented, It is interesting that writers are now turning so much to child psychology. Today I received another book on the subject, by James Mark Baldwin. (Sulloway/Origins) In his classic analysis of fundamental mechanisms of bio-psychological development, Baldwin argued for the interplay of habit and accommodation as expressed through the circular reaction. This view came to exert a significant influence on the thought of Jean Piaget and, through Piaget, on modern developmental psychology. (Thoemmes Press)
Published by: New York: Macmillan, 1895
Vendor: Anniroc Rare Books
By Baldwin, James Mark
First Edition, first printing with seventeen figures and ten tables. Spot on both boards, rubbing to spine foot, and minor wear to fore edge, else a Near Fine, attractive copy. Scarce(one appearance in the sales records). "Baldwin proposed a biological, genetic theory of intelligence, a theory of the mind in the broadest sense, which was conceptually far ahead of its time. This theory contained within it many of the most important concepts of the biological theory of intelligence and of the genetic epistemology which would later be fleshed out. (Wozniak) Sigmund Freud would also be influenced by this work: Baldwin s book anticipated the general approach to social psychology that Freud was to take after 1910. In a November 1897 letter, he commented, It is interesting that writers are now turning so much to child psychology. Today I received another book on the subject, by James Mark Baldwin. (Sulloway/Origins) In his classic analysis of fundamental mechanisms of bio-psychological development, Baldwin argued for the interplay of habit and accommodation as expressed through the circular reaction. This view came to exert a significant influence on the thought of Jean Piaget and, through Piaget, on modern developmental psychology. (Thoemmes Press)
Published by: New York: Macmillan, 1895
Vendor: Anniroc Rare Books
