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The biography of a baby

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The biography of a baby

Milicent Washburn Shinn

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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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15 chapters

  1. 1THE BIOGRAPHY OF A BABY
  2. 2CONTENTS
  3. 3I BABY BIOGRAPHIES IN GENERAL
  4. 4II THE NEW-BORN BABY: STRUCTURE AND MOVEMENTS.
  5. 5III THE NEW-BORN BABY: SENSATIONS AND CONSCIOUSNESS.
  6. 6IV THE EARLIEST DEVELOPMENTS
  7. 7V BEGINNINGS OF EMOTION AND PROGRESS IN SENSE POWERS
  8. 8VI PROGRESS TOWARD GRASPING.
  9. 9VII SHE LEARNS TO GRASP, AND DISCOVERS THE WORLD OF THINGS
  10. 10VIII THE ERA OF HANDLING THINGS
  11. 11IX THE DAWN OF INTELLIGENCE
  12. 12X BEGINNINGS OF LOCOMOTION
  13. 13XI CREEPING AND STANDING
  14. 14XII RUDIMENTS OF SPEECH; CLIMBING AND PROGRESS TOWARD WALKING
  15. 15XIII WALKING ALONE; DEVELOPING INTELLIGENCE
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