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What is it that determines what sort of person we become?

What is it that determines what sort of person we become? Is a child’s future personality

Is a child’s future personalityalready determined at birth, or is a newborn baby like a blank sheet, waiting to be written on by

already determined at birth, or is a newborn baby like a blank sheet, waiting to be written on bylife?

life? Is our personality determined by anything, or do we choose for ourselves who we are, create

Is our personality determined by anything, or do we choose for ourselves who we are, createourselves out of nothing?

ourselves out of nothing? This bestselling introduction to emotional, psychological, intellectual and social development throughout the lifespan will help you explore these questions and many more.

This bestselling introduction to emotional, psychological, intellectual and social development throughout the lifespan will help you explore these questions and many more. Written for students training for careers in the helping professions, including nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, teachers and counsellors, the book covers topics which are central to understanding people whether they are clients, service users, patients or pupils. Following the shape of a human life, beginning with birth and ending with death, it combines theoretical concepts and reflective learning to help you develop an understanding of what makes human beings grow and change over their lives to inform your decisions and professional practice.

Written for students training for careers in the helping professions, including nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, teachers and counsellors, the book covers topics which are central to understanding people whether they are clients, service users, patients or pupils. Following the shape of a human life, beginning with birth and ending with death, it combines theoretical concepts and reflective learning to help you develop an understanding of what makes human beings grow and change over their lives to inform your decisions and professional practice.