Episode of Series “Vassar studies: studies of normal personality development”
This film traces the development of an aggressive, “difficult” yet thoroughly appealing child from his early nursery days to his first year at a public school. Clumsy, blundering, confused by varied adult pressures, Robert’s violent and haphazard aggression is seen as a strong, defensive counter-attack on the whole world. His mother’s steadying support and his teachers’ firm consistent and affectionate treatment bring him safely through the first adolescence of the pre-school years to an outwardly smooth adjustment in public school, without his earlier inflammable outbursts.
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ACMI Identifier
310840
Language
English
Subject categories
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education, Preschool
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Psychology - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child development
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child psychology
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Personality development
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Aggressiveness (Psychology) in children
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Behavior modification
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Behaviorism (Psychology)
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Child development
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Child psychology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Personality development
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychology - Study and teaching
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Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)