PDF-(READ)-Becoming Human: A Theory of Ontogeny

Winner of the William James Book AwardWinner of the Eleanor Maccoby Book AwardA landmark in our understanding of human developmentPaul Harris author of Trusting What Youre ToldMagisterialMakes an impressive argument that most distinctly human traits are established early in childhood and that the general chronology in which these traits appear canbe identifiedWall Street JournalVirtually all theories of how humans have become such a distinctive species focus on evolution Becoming Human looks instead to development and reveals how those things that make us unique are constructed during the first seven years of a childs lifeIn this groundbreaking work Michael Tomasello draws from three decades of experimental research with chimpanzees bonobos and children to propose a new framework for psychological growth between birth and seven years of age He identifies eight pathways that differentiate humans from their primate relatives social cognition communication cultural learning cooperative thinking collaboration prosociality social norms and moral identity In each of these great apes possess rudimentary abilities but the maturation of humans evolved capacities for shared intentionality transform these abilities into uniquely human cognition and socialityHow does human psychological growth run in the first seven years in particular how does it instill culture in us Most of all how does the capacity for shared intentionality and selfregulation evolve in people This is a very thoughtful and also important bookTyler Cowen Marginal RevolutionTheoretically daring and experimentally ingenious Becoming Human squarely tackles the abiding question of what makes us humanSusan GelmanDestined to become a classic Anyone who is interested in cognitive science child development human evolution or comparative psychology should read this bookAndrew Meltzoff. 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