| The Psychobiology of Behavioral Development Contributor(s): Gandelman, Ronald (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195039416 ISBN-13: 9780195039412 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $212.84 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 1992 Annotation: Designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, this textbook explores both the psychological and biological influences on the development of behavior, using data from both animal and human subjects to support principles and hypotheses. The arrangement of the book is both chronological and topical, commencing with embryonic behavior and the influence of prenatal exposure to hormones and teratological agents and moving on to postnatal maternal influences and early stimulation. Play, learning and memory, and finally weaning and puberty complete this volume. This comprehensive work provides a history of this subdiscipline from the earliest research of Wilhelm Preyer in 1885 to the most recent findings on the psychobiology of behavioral development. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Physiological Psychology - Psychology | Cognitive Psychology & Cognition - Psychology | Developmental - General |
| Dewey: 155 |
| LCCN: 91045760 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.47 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, this textbook explores both the psychological and biological influences on the development of behavior, using data from both animal and human subjects to support principles and hypotheses. The arrangement of the book is both chronological and topical, commencing with embryonic behavior and the influence of prenatal exposure to hormones and teratological agents and moving on to postnatal maternal influences and early stimulation. Play, learning and memory, and finally weaning and puberty complete this volume. This comprehensive work provides a history of this subdiscipline from the earliest research of Wilhelm Preyer in 1885 to the most recent findings on the psychobiology of behavioral development. |