This is Robert

United States, 1942

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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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Credits

director

Mary S. Fisher

producer

L. Joseph Stone

production company

Vassar College, Dept. of Child study

Duration

01:19:23:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1942

Appears in

Vassar studies: studies of normal personality development

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Vassar studies: studies of normal personality development

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

310840

Language

English

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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