Necessary Knowledge, 1st Edition
$125.28
- Hardcover
360 pages
- Release Date
5 April 2007
Summary
‘Necessary Knowledge’ takes on one of the big questions at the heart of the cognitive sciences - what knowledge do we possess at birth, and what do we learn along the way?It is now widely accepted that evolution, individual development, and individual learning can no longer be studied in isolation from each-other - they are inextricably linked. Therefore any successful theory must integrate these elements, and somehow relate them to humanculture. Clearly we learn from the world around us, but…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198568285 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0198568282 |
| Author: | Henry Plotkin |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 360 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 5 April 2007 |
| Weight: | 556g |
| Dimensions: | 223mm x 145mm x 25mm |
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About The Author
Henry Plotkin
Born in South Africa, Henry Plotkin gained his PhD from the University of London in 1968 and was awarded a Medical Research Council Travelling Fellowship the following year, which took him to the United States during the period1970-1972 where he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University. He returned to the UK in 1972 and was appointed a lecturer in psychology at University College London at the start of the 1972-73 academic year. In 1988 the title ofReader was conferred on him, and in 1993 he was made Professor of Psychobiology. He was Head of the Department of Psychology at UCL during the period 1993-1998, and in 2005 became Emeritus Professor ofPsychology.
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