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The Beginnings of Social Understanding

ISBN: 978-0-631-15775-5

September 1988

Wiley-Blackwell

224 pages

Description
What do young children, as they grow from infancy to childhood, understand of others and of their social world? How does this understanding change, and what influences its development?

The Beginnings of Social Understanding draws on detailed studies of children within their families - their disputes with mother and siblings, their empathy and cooperation, their `pretend' stories and questions about others, and their `jokes' - to show vividly how children come to understand the social rules of the family and the feelings, intentions and relationships of others.


Illustrating this case with the words of the children themselves, Judy Dunn argues that self-interest is an important force in their social development and that children's emotional experiences and their moral discourse of the family contribute crucially to their growing understanding of their social world.

About the Author
Judy Dunn's previous books include `Mother Care, Other Care' (Penguin), `Sisters and Brothers' and `Distress and Comfort' (Fontana). Not for sale in USA, Canada, Central and South America.
Features
* Presents important data and powerful theoretical arguments about young children's social development.
* A vivid, lively and readable book.
* Judy Dunn is thought of as one of the most influential and interesting of developmental psychologists working today.
* Presents important data and powerful theoretical arguments about young children's social development.
* A vivid, lively and readable book.
* Judy Dunn is thought of as one of the most influential and interesting of developmental psychologists working today.