
Study of the Psychological Development of Children
This will be the last Hamada Seminar before retirement.
Childhood, especially the first three years are critical for the psychological development of children. Young children form their attachment with their caregiver during that time, which is the basis of personality development.
Caregiver-child communication and development of sense of self is closely related to this process.
The developmental theories are derived both from adult psychoanalysis and direct observation of caregiver-infant.