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ADVANCES IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR
VOLUME 11
Contributors to This Volume Paul B. Baltes
Jacob L. Gewirtz
Gladys B. Baxley
Aletha Huston-Stein
Harry Beilin
Judith M. LeBlanc
Elizabeth F. Boyd
W. Stuart Millar
Orville G. Brim, Jr.
Leo Montada
Michael J. Chandler
Stephen W. Porges
Nancy W. Denney
Hayne W. Reese
Sigrun-Heide Filipp
John C. Wright
ADVANCES IN CHILD DEVELOPMEN-T AND BEHAVIOR edited by Hayne W. Reese Department of’Psycho1og.v West Virginia Universit,v Morgantown, West Virginia
VOLUME 11
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Contents
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List of Contributors Preface
The Hyperactive Child: Characteristics, Treatment, and Evaluation of Research Design I. 11. 111. IV. V. VI.
GLADYS B. BAXLEY AND JUDITH M. LEBLANC Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Characteristics and Diagnosis of Hyperactivity ......................... Etiology of Hyperactivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evaluation and Assessment of Pharniacotherapeutic Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Analysis of Drug Research with Ilvperactive Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Summary and Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Peripheral and Neurochemical Parallels of Psychopathology: A Psychophysiological Model Relating Autonomic Imbalance to Hyperactivity, Psychopathy, and Autism STEPHEN W. PORGES 1. Overview ..................................... 11. Hyperactivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
111. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII.
Psychopathy . . . . . . . . . . . .... Relationship between Central and Peripheral Autonomic Activity . . . . . . . . . . Statistical Model of Autonomic Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Autonomic Responses and Attention .......................... Autism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Summary and Conclusions ................................... .... ... References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Constructing Cognitive Operations Linguistically HARRY BEILlN I. Language as Representation .....................................