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Ralph Waldo Emerson would probably not be displeased with the state of research on human infancy. His extolment of the moral superiority of Sel f-Reliance, and his belief that this virtue is especially evident in the behavior of “children, babes, and brutes,... their mind being whole, their eye as yet unconquered” (Emerson, 1865/1883, p. 50), appears to be in tune, although admittedly in an exaggerated way, with the strong emphasis upon nonsocial forces and individual behavior in contemporary research on infant development. Clearly, Emerson’s view was a most radical one that, in essence, completely dismissed the role and significance of social influence. Although not as markedly slanted as Emerson’s perspective, modern research on infancy has been inclined to view the infant as a rather self-reliant organism and has played down the impact of social influence and socialization on development.
Infancy conforms to nobody; all conform to it (Emerson, 1865/1883, p. 50)
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Feinman, S., Lewis, M. (1991). Influence Lost, Influence Regained. In: Lewis, M., Feinman, S. (eds) Social Influences and Socialization in Infancy. Genesis of Behavior, vol 6. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2620-3_1
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