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Childhood Temperament

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Advances in Clinical Child Psychology

Part of the book series: Advances in Clinical Child Psychology ((ACCP,volume 6))

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Research in psychology, especially in developmental psychology, is susceptible to fads. A new wave of interest rises to a peak, with very little crosswind of criticism to dampen the exhilaration of its rise. A few isolated winds of discontent begin to blow some of the foam off the wave as it crests and comes tumbling down, trickling back through the pebbles, sometimes creating an undertow that contributes to the next wave. Research in temperament has begun to crest; this chapter examines factors that could contribute to its fate as a continued force in developmental psychology.

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Plomin, R. (1983). Childhood Temperament. In: Lahey, B.B., Kazdin, A.E. (eds) Advances in Clinical Child Psychology. Advances in Clinical Child Psychology, vol 6. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9814-1_2

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