Stanley A. Lieberman's Books

The First Idea

How Symbols, Language, and Intelligence Evolved from Our Primate Ancestors to Modern Humans

By: Stanley I. Greenspan,Stuart Shanker

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The First Idea

How Symbols, Language, and Intelligence Evolved from Our Primate Ancestors to Modern Humans

By: Stanley I. Greenspan,Stuart Shanker

In this highly original work, one of the world's most distinguished child psychiatrists together with a philosopher at the forefront of ape and child language research present a startling hypothesis-that the development of our higher-level symbolic thinking, language, and social skills cannot be explained by genes and natural selection, but depend on cultural practices learned anew by each generation over millions of years, dating back to primate and prehuman cultures. Furthermore, for the first time, they present their remarkable research revealing the steps leading to symbolic thinking in the life of each new human infant and show that contrary to now-prevailing theories of Pinker, Chomsky, and others, there is no biological explanation that can account for these distinctly human abilities.Drawing from their own original work with human infants and apes, and meticulous examination of the fossil record, Greenspan and Shanker trace how each new species of nonhuman primates, prehumans, and early humans mastered and taught to their offspring in successively greater degrees the steps leading to symbolic thinking. Their revolutionary theory and compelling evidence reveal the true origins of our most advanced human qualities and set a radical new direction for evolutionary theory, psychology, and philosophy.

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520

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Da Capo Press

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0786737050

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9780786737055

The Irreducible Needs Of Children

What Every Child Must Have To Grow, Learn, And Flourish

By: T. Berry Brazelton,Stanley I. Greenspan

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The Irreducible Needs Of Children

What Every Child Must Have To Grow, Learn, And Flourish

By: T. Berry Brazelton,Stanley I. Greenspan

What do babies and young children really need? This impassioned dialogue cuts through all the theories, platitudes, and controversies that surround parenting advice to define what every child must have in the first years of life. The authors, both famed advocates for children, lay out the seven irreducible needs of any child, in any society, and confront such thorny questions as: How much time do children need one-on-one with a parent? What is the effect of shifting caregivers, of custody arrangements? Why are we knowingly letting children fail in school? Nothing is off limits, even such an issue as whether every child needs or deserves to be a wanted child. This short, hard-hitting book, the fruit of decades of experience and caring, sounds a wake-up call for parents, teachers, judges, social workers, policy makers-anyone who cares about the welfare of children.

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254

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Da Capo Lifelong Books

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0786731222

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9780786731220

Staying Sober in Mexico City

By: Stanley Brandes

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Staying Sober in Mexico City

By: Stanley Brandes

Staying sober is a daily struggle for many men living in Mexico City, one of the world's largest, grittiest urban centers. In this engaging study, Stanley Brandes focuses on a common therapeutic response to alcoholism, Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.), which boasts an enormous following throughout Mexico and much of Latin America. Over several years, Brandes observed and participated in an all-men's chapter of A.A. located in a working class district of Mexico City. Employing richly textured ethnography, he analyzes the group's social dynamics, therapeutic effectiveness, and ritual and spiritual life. Brandes demonstrates how recovering alcoholics in Mexico redefine gender roles in order to preserve masculine identity. He also explains how an organization rooted historically in evangelical Protestantism has been able to flourish in Roman Catholic Latin America.

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266

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University of Texas Press

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0292783256

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9780292783256

Engaging Autism

Using the Floortime Approach to Help Children Relate, Communicate, and Think

By: Stanley I. Greenspan,Serena Wieder

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Engaging Autism

Using the Floortime Approach to Help Children Relate, Communicate, and Think

By: Stanley I. Greenspan,Serena Wieder

Greenspan shows that children of all ages can progress in relating, communicating, and thinking beyond what has been thought attainable."--BOOK JACKET.

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464

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Da Capo Lifelong Books

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0738210285

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9780738210285

Dopamine Receptor Agonists

By: George Poste,Stanley T. Crooke

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Dopamine Receptor Agonists

By: George Poste,Stanley T. Crooke

Dopamine, in addition to its importance as a precursor of norepinephrine, is now known to be an important neurotransmitter in regulating functional activities in a number of major organ systems, including the central ner vous system. the cardiovascular system, the kidney, and the gut. Recent advances in our understanding of the functional role of dopamine, its mechanism of action and the pharmacology of dopaminergic agents have occurred on a broad front. The last few years have witnessed significant progress in the identification and classification of central and peripheral dopamine receptors and the factors that affect their responsiveness to inhibitory and stimulatory ligands. These advances have been paralleled by new insights into the contribution of alterations in dopaminergic reg ulation in causing disease and the utility of dopamine agonists and an tagonists as therapeutic modalities. This volume, the first in a series of publications arising from the annual Smith Kline and French Research Symposium on New Horizons in Therapeutics, provides a comprehensive survey of current research on peripheral dopamine receptors and the physiologic and therapeutic con sequences of stimulating pre-and postsynaptic dopamine receptors. Research in dopamine pharmacology mirrors the remarkable ad vances that are occurring in the field of pharmacology at large as a con sequence of the involvement of an ever-larger number of scientific dis ciplines in the study of drug action.

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402

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1475703104

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9781475703108

Top-down Calculus

A Concise Course

By: Stanley Gill Williamson

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Top-down Calculus

A Concise Course

By: Stanley Gill Williamson

This textbook was designed for a first course in differential and integral calculus, and is directed toward students in engineering, the sciences, mathematics, and computer science. Its major goal is to bring students to a level of technical competence and intuitive understanding of calculus that is adequate for applying the subject to real world problems. The text contains major sections on: (1) linear functions and derivatives; (2) computing derivatives; (3) applications of derivatives; (4) integrals; and (5) infinite series. The activities contained within these chapters are designed so that students can first study the exercise set and the solutions. Next, the students are asked to make modifications to the original problem, solve it, and move on to the variations. The appendices include math tables, additional reading and exercises, solutions, and hints to the exercises. (TW)

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S. Gill Williamson

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0881750727

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9780881750720

Book's by Stanley A. Lieberman

The First Idea

The First Idea

The Irreducible Needs Of Children

The Irreducible Needs Of Children

Staying Sober in Mexico City

Staying Sober in Mexico City

Engaging Autism

Engaging Autism

Dopamine Receptor Agonists

Dopamine Receptor Agonists

Top-down Calculus

Top-down Calculus

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