| Summary: | "This book attempts to present in systematic form the latest findings in child psychology. The literature abounds in studies of the child made by persons of varied interests and reported with all degrees of accuracy. Many of the studies are colored with prejudices or with sentimental bias, while others are remarkable for their objectivity. This book is an attempt to bring some order into the chaos which this vast literature offers to the reader. Where the field is extensive it is necessary to draw certain lines of demarcation. We have limited ourselves to the field of child psychology and have omitted physical growth, nutrition, heredity, physical and mental diseases, and similar subjects, except in so far as they are related directly and closely to the psychological growth of the child. Because the book is based on the most recent scientific data it should be of value as a text in child psychology in colleges and normal schools. Because it sets forth the principles of child development it should be of value as a reference work for all teachers. Since the applications of the scientific facts are stated in simple terms it should be valuable as a source book of information for parents and child study groups. The book studies the normal child. Various aspects of normal development are considered in turn with a final section on personality synthesis and integration. A study of the integrated and functioning child is essential to a complete understanding of his psychology. We have attempted to give a complete analysis of infant behavior, motor development, emotional development, motivation, language, thinking, work, play, and the like; but these need to be seen as a functional working unit in the complete personality"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved).
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