Galen's Prophecy

by Jerome Kagan

Book Overview

Psychologist Jerome Kagan examines the implications of the idea of temperament for aggressive behavior, conscience, psychopathology, and the degree to which each of us can be expected to control our deepest emotions--an idea proposed nearly 2,000 years ago by a physician named Galen of Pergamon.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465084052
• ISBN13: 9780465084050
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

College student in southern California

This book is a must read for anyone who wishes to understand the individual differences in people. Kagan, a Havard Professor, fills this book with information relevant to all areas in psychology. I referred to it many time for my thesis.