Beyond The Dyad

1. Front Matter

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2. Social Influences on Development

   • Michael Lewis

   Pages 1-12

3. Is There Social Life beyond the Dyad?

   • Saul Feinman, Michael Lewis

   Pages 13-41

4. The Social Ecology of Childhood

   • Thomas S. Weisner

   Pages 43-58

5. Changing Characteristics of the U.S. Family

   • Candice Feiring, Michael Lewis

   Pages 59-89

6. Implications of Monogamy for Infant Social Development in Mammals

   • Devra G. Kleiman

   Pages 91-108

7. Biological Contributions to the Maternal Behavior of the Great Apes

   • Ronald D. Nadler

   Pages 109-128

8. The Social Network of the Young Child

   • Michael Lewis, Candice Feiring, Miriam Kotsonis

   Pages 129-160

9. Grandparents as Support and Socialization Agents

   • Barbara R. Tinsley, Ross D. Parke

   Pages 161-194

10. Infants, Mothers, Families, and Strangers

    • Ross A. Thompson, Michael E. Lamb

    Pages 195-221

11. How Parents Influence Their Children’s Friendships

    • Zick Rubin, Jone Sloman

    Pages 223-250

12. The Determinants of Parental Competence

    • Jay Belsky, Elliot Robins, Wendy Gamble

    Pages 251-279

13. A Transactional View of Stress in Families of Handicapped Children

    • Paula J. Beckman

    Pages 281-298

14. Residential Environments and the Social Behavior of Handicapped Individuals

    • Sharon Landesman-Dwyer

    Pages 299-322

15. Back Matter

    Pages 323-335

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How are we to understand the complex forces that shape human be­ havior? A variety of diverse perspectives, drawing on studies of human behavioral ontogeny, as well as humanity's evolutionary heritage, seem to provide the best likelihood of success. It is in an attempt to synthesize such potentially disparate approaches to human development into an integrated whole that we undertake this series on the genesis of behav­ ior. In many respects, the incredible burgeoning of research in child development over the last decade or two seems like a thousand lines of inquiry spreading outward in an incoherent starburst of effort. The need exists to provide, on an ongoing basis, an arena of discourse within which the threads of continuity between those diverse lines of research on human development can be woven into a fabric of meaning and understanding. Scientists, scholars, and those who attempt to translate their efforts into the practical realities of the care and guidance of infants and children are the audience that we seek to reach. Each requires the opportunity to see-to the degree that our knowledge in given areas permits-various aspects of development in a coherent, integrated fash­ ion. It is hoped that this series-which will bring together research on infant biology, developing infant capacities, animal models, the impact of social, cultural, and familial forces on development, and the distorted products of such forces under certain circumstances-will serve these important social and scientific needs.

• Pet
• behavior
• biological
• biology
• development
• ecology
• environment
• evolution
• influence
• iron
• mammals
• ontogeny
• social behavior
• socialization
• stress

• Department of Pediatrics, Rutgers Medical School—University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, USA

  Michael Lewis

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