ABSTRACT
Value of the study of early childhood. The study of the early years of childhood is of value for several reasons. For the man of genuine psychological curiosity, the fascinating interest of a developing mind is motive enough for studying it, while the importance of child psychology as a foundation for a science of education is obvious. Further, just as the study of childhood checks the tendency to over-rationalize our interpretation of adult behaviour, so the study of infancy lessens the danger of interpreting later childhood too much on the lines of adult experience. The significance of infant psychology for education, and for dealing with both normal and problem children will be dealt with more fully later.
