James W. Prescott: Infant

James W. Prescott is American psychologist. Explore interesting quotes on infant.
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“When and if we choose to rear our infants and children in an affectional environment of positive reinforcements, then… by the very nature of that environment we will be free and dignified.”

James W. Prescott

"Before Ethics and Morality" (1972)

Children , Nature

“An infant or child is not "free" to select the nature of his sensory environment”

James W. Prescott

"Before Ethics and Morality" (1972)
Context: An infant or child is not "free" to select the nature of his sensory environment but is dependent upon adults for the quality of his sensory environment and, thus, [for] his neurobiological development and psychobiological predispositions for certain kinds of behavior. From this perspective, it is evident that before a child can reason and before reason can establish principles of moral behavior, the course of an ethical and moral life has already been set.

Nature

“Societies which inflict pain and discomfort upon their infants tend to neglect them as well.”

James W. Prescott

"Body Pleasure and the Origins of Violence" (1975)

Pain

“The effects of "maternal-social" deprivation, institutionalization, hospitalization, and of parental abuse, neglect, and indifference, upon infant and child development have been well described by many investigators.”

James W. Prescott

"Before Ethics and Morality" (1972)

Parent , Maternity , Indifference

“The detrimental effects of infant physical affectional deprivation seem to be compensated for later in life by sexual body pleasure experiences during adolescence.”

James W. Prescott

"Body Pleasure and the Origins of Violence" (1975)

Life , Pleasure

“It appears that the beneficial effects of infant physical affection can be negated by the repression of physical pleasure (premarital sex) later in life.”

James W. Prescott

"Body Pleasure and the Origins of Violence" (1975)

Life , Pleasure , Sex , Appearance

“The controlled laboratory studies of Harry F. and Margaret K. Harlow… separated infant monkeys… in single cages in an animal colony room where they could develop social relationships… through seeing, hearing, and smelling, but not through touching or movement. These and other studies indicate that it is the deprivation of body contact and body movement—not deprivation of the other body senses—that produces the wide variety of abnormal emotional behaviors in these isolation-reared animals.”

James W. Prescott

"Body Pleasure and the Origins of Violence" (1975)

Behavior , Sense , Study , Animals

“The percent likelihood of a society being physically violent if it is physically affectionate toward its infants and tolerant of premarital sexual behavior is 2 percent”

James W. Prescott

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"Body Pleasure and the Origins of Violence" (1975)

Behavior

“Those societies which give their infants the greatest amount of physical affection were characterized by low theft, low infant physical pain, low religious activity, and negligible or absent killing, mutilating, or torturing of the enemy.”

James W. Prescott

"Body Pleasure and the Origins of Violence" (1975)

Pain