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Contents<br />

Part 2<br />

The Human Organism<br />

Chapter 3<br />

Human Development 59<br />

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PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT 60<br />

Biological Influences 60<br />

Sensory and Motor Development<br />

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 65<br />

Caretaker-Child Interaction 65<br />

Role of Early Experience 67<br />

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT 69<br />

Sensorimotor Period 70<br />

Preoperational Thought 70<br />

Concrete Operations 72<br />

Formal Operations 73<br />

HEREDITY AND ENVIRONMENT 73<br />

Nature-Nurture Issue 74<br />

62 Interaction Principle 76<br />

DEVELOPMENT IN THE LIFE CYCLE<br />

Childhood Changes 77<br />

Adolescent Crisis 80<br />

Patterns in Adulthood 81<br />

Being Elderly 83<br />

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 84<br />

77<br />

Chapter 4<br />

Physiology and Behavior 89<br />

NEURAL PATHWAYS AND IMPULSES<br />

Peripheral Nervous System 90<br />

Nerve Transmission 92<br />

Central Nervous System 95<br />

CEREBRAL CORTEX 97<br />

Motor and Sensory Areas 98<br />

Association Areas 100<br />

SUBCORTICAL STRUCTURES 101<br />

Hypothalamic Region 101<br />

Reticular Formation 104<br />

90 MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS 105<br />

Autonomic Nervous System 105<br />

Endocrine Balance 108<br />

STUDYING BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS 109<br />

Split-Brain Research 109<br />

Measuring Brain and Body States 111

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