Stones.

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  • Author(s): Crain, William
  • Source:
    Encounter. Fall2007, Vol. 20 Issue 3, p2-6. 5p. 1 Black and White Photograph.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      STONE; DEVELOPMENTAL psychology; CHILD psychology; JUNG, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961; PSYCHOANALYSIS
    • Abstract:
      The author looks at the context of stones in developmental psychology. The author have already observed the developing interests of children in rocks and stones. Children between ages 1 and 3 like to pick stones or rocks but they quickly throw them down, because they use stones to express a defiance. This expression is natural at a stage when they are asserting their powers as individuals. Psychoanalyst Carl Jung describes the personal and mythopoetic meanings of rocks and stones.