What study was Spock the first pediatrician to try?
Neuroscience
Genetics
Psychoanalysis
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Answer
The answer is psychoanalysis. Spock was not a pediatrician, he was a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who popularized the psychoanalytic approach to child-rearing in his 1946 book "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care." He believed that understanding a child's emotional needs and motivations was crucial for their healthy development.
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