Visions of Infancy

An introductory text on child psychology discussing different theoretical perspectives by analyzing major figures' work on the mental life of babies. It looks at Darwin, Freud, Piaget, Skinner, Chomsky, Bowlby and others, thus appraising the origins and development of the discipline. Bradley's critical analysis concludes that child psychology should be thought of less as a branch of natural science than as an intrinsically interpretative discipline. Looking at Babies

Question of Genesis

From Associationism to Behaviourism

Dynamics of Desire

Before Grammar

Babies as Thinkers

First Emtoions

Motives for Self-expression

Infancy and Paradise

Psychology as Advocacy

Ben S. Bradley is the author of Visions of Infancy: Critical Introduction to Child Psychology, published by Wiley.