HUMAN INFANCY · An Evolutionary Perspective by Freendman, Daniel G. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Orginal Title Page Orginal Copyright Page Table of Contents Acknowledgements INTRODUCTION

Organization of the Book

1 THE EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE

Holism The Issue of Innate vs. Acquired Systems-Theory and Evolved Behavior The Evolutionary Perspective: Typological vs. Population Approach Heredity and Environment in Evolution Basic Concepts in Evolutionary Theory

2 A SPECIES APPROACH TO HUMAN INFANCY

The Comparative Approach The Human Infant “Critical Periods” in the Development of Attachments: The Question of Environmental Deprivation Summary

3 SEX DIFFERENCES

Dominance-Submission Hierarchies and Male Aggression The Development of Dominance Hierarchies in Man Prenatal Development Postnatal Behavior: Differences in Parental Treatment Postnatal Behavior: Differences in Imposition-of-Self on Environment Sex Differences in Affiliative Behavior Preferred Sense Modalities Adaptive Significance Sex Differences in Viability Cross-Cultural Considerations Summary

4 INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

5 GROUP DIFFERENCES

Chinese-Caucasian Differences Overall Oriental-Caucasian Comparisons Navajo Sample Japanese-American Sample Nigerian Sample Australian Aboriginal Group Some Possible Selective Forces The Problems of Racism

APPENDIX SMILING IN BLIND INFANTS AND THE ISSUE OF INNATE VS. ACQUIRED

Introduction Normative Data, Imitation, and Fear of Strangers Early Non-Elicited Smiling Smiling to Touch and to Sound Smiling to Visual Stimuli Smiling in Congenitally Blind Infants Current Investigation Smiling in Infants with Other Anomalies Innate Versus Learned Conclusions Summary

BIBLIOGRAPHY Author Index Subject Index