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The biography of a baby
Milicent Washburn Shinn
152 pages~3 hr 1 min read15 chapters$1.99
For one year a trained observer watched one baby, her niece, and wrote down everything. Milicent Shinn's record of the newborn's structure, sensations, first emotions and progress toward grasping became a founding text of American child study. Science conducted in a rocking chair, with a scientist's rigor and an aunt's delight. The first year, witnessed completely.
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Inside this book
15 chapters
- 1THE BIOGRAPHY OF A BABY
- 2CONTENTS
- 3I BABY BIOGRAPHIES IN GENERAL
- 4II THE NEW-BORN BABY: STRUCTURE AND MOVEMENTS.
- 5III THE NEW-BORN BABY: SENSATIONS AND CONSCIOUSNESS.
- 6IV THE EARLIEST DEVELOPMENTS
- 7V BEGINNINGS OF EMOTION AND PROGRESS IN SENSE POWERS
- 8VI PROGRESS TOWARD GRASPING.
- 9VII SHE LEARNS TO GRASP, AND DISCOVERS THE WORLD OF THINGS
- 10VIII THE ERA OF HANDLING THINGS
- 11IX THE DAWN OF INTELLIGENCE
- 12X BEGINNINGS OF LOCOMOTION
- 13XI CREEPING AND STANDING
- 14XII RUDIMENTS OF SPEECH; CLIMBING AND PROGRESS TOWARD WALKING
- 15XIII WALKING ALONE; DEVELOPING INTELLIGENCE
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