The roots of human behavior : an introduction to the psychobiology of early development /
Myron A. Hofer.
- San Francisco : Freeman, c1981.
- xiii, 331 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- A Series of books in psychology .
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.
0716712776 0716712784 (pbk.)
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Psychophysiology. Human behavior. Child psychology. Psychobiology. Behavior. Child development. Human development. Psychophysiology.