The Development of Affect

How are we to understand the complex forces that shape human behavior? A variety of diverse perspectives, drawing upon studies of human behavioral ontogeny, as well as humanity's evolutionary herit­ age seem to provide the best likelihood of success. It is in the attempt to synthesize such potentially disparate approaches to human development into an integrated whole that we undertake this series on the Genesis of Behavior. In many respects, the incredible burgeoning of research in child de...