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ERIC Number: EJ354584
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Roundtable: What Is Temperament? Four Approaches.
Goldsmith, H. Hill; And Others
Child Development, v58 n2 p505-29 Apr 1987
Four current approaches to understanding temperament are discussed. Theorists representing four postions--Goldsmith, Buss and Plomin, Rothbart, and Thomas and Chess--outline their views by reponding to six common questions. Commentaries highlighting differences and similarities between the positions are offered by Hinde and McCall. (Author/BN)
Descriptors: Children, Definitions, Discussion, Fundamental Concepts, Infants, Personality, Personality Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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