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The roots of human behavior : an introduction to the psychobiology of early development / Myron A. Hofer.

By: Series: A Series of books in psychologyPublication details: San Francisco : Freeman, c1981.Description: xiii, 331 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0716712776
  • 0716712784 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 152 19 HOF
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Book Open Access Book Open Access Engineering Library 152 HOF 1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0012788

Contents
Introduction

Part 1. The Nature of Behavior
1. Evolution
2. Basic Properties of Behavior
3. The Organization Behavior

Part II. From Cll to Psyche
4. The Sperm and the Egg
5. Prenatal Behavior
6. The Newborn
7. From Biology to psychology

Part III. Interactions and Environments
8. The Early History of the Neuron
9. processes modifying Brain Organization
10. The Intrauterine Environment
11. The Parent-Infant Relationship

Part IV. The Emergence of the Child
12. The Forces of Rapid Change
13. The Origins of Language
14. Play: The Cradle of Adult Behavior
15. Early Sexual, Aggressive, and parenting Behavior

Summary and Perspectives

Includes bibliographies and index.

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