Description
Malson's study is followed by Jean Itard's classic account-since made into a film by Francois Truffant-of his attempts to educate Victor, a wolf child found in the forests of Central France at the end of the eighteenth century. Itard's description of his patient and often ingenious attempts to socialize and to teach Victor make his reports, in the words of Maria Montessori, 'virtually the first attempt at experimental psychology'.
'Wolf children' are children abandoned at an early age and found leading an isolated existence in the wild-natural examples of complete social deprivation.
Reviews
Two major psychology studies in One * Tribune *
An excellent and well documented survey ... can be recommended without hesitation * Medical Journal *
Book Information
ISBN 9780902308244
Author Jan Itard
Format Paperback
Page Count 188
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 229g