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Do your relationships tend to follow the same destructive pattern? Do you feel trapped by your family's expectations of you? Does your life seem overwhelmingly governed by jealousy or competitiveness or lack of confidence?;Current fashion holds that this is all down to genes - we are the victims of what we inherit and can do little to change that. But in this book, clinical psychologist Oliver James shows that, more than genes, it is the way we were cared for in the first six years of life that has a crucial effect on who we are and how we behave. The legacy of this early care is lifelong and startlingly far-reaching Through case histories and his own wide-ranging research, James reveals that childhood experience dominates our choice of friends and lovers, defines our interests and professional drive and even determines how prone we might be to emotional and mental problems. The influence of the formative years, James contends, actually affects the development of our brains, moulding their chemistry and patterns of electrical messages. Nurture, in effect, shapes our very nature.Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-139780747561774
eBay Product ID (ePID)88404463
Product Key Features
Number of Pages384 Pages
Publication NameThey F*** You Up: How to Survive Family Life
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2003
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaDevelopmental Psychology
AuthorOliver James
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight310 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorOliver James