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"Temperamentalist" Jerome Kagan: back in the news
Yesterday's New York Times Magazine explored the Harvard psychologist Jerome Kagan's work on temperament. To simplify: Anxious infants grow up to be anxious teenagers and then anxious adults (though sometimes "anxiety" can be a good thing, as when it translates as alertness, or lack of complacency).
For another look at the debate surrounding Kagan's theories--and a quicker read--check out this 2004 Ideas piece, "The Temperamentalist."
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Joshua Rothman is a graduate student and Teaching Fellow in the Harvard English department, and an Instructor in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He teaches novels and political writing.
