Affects, Cognition, and Language as Foundations of Human Development

Paul C. Holinger, MD, MPH, is a Psychiatrist, Training and Supervising Analyst, and Child and Adolescent Supervising Analyst. Dr. Holinger is a Faculty Member and former Dean at the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute and retired Professor of Psychiatry at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.

Part 1 Developing 1. Developing: Exploring Human Development via Affects, Cognition, and Language 2. The Evolving Concept of Affects 3. Current Concepts of Affects: Functions and Examples 4. The Affect of Interest: The Core of Our Existence 5. Affects: The Foundation of Playing and Creating 6. Affects, Early Development, and the Sense of Self 7. Anger: The Misunderstood Affect 8. Emerging Cognition 9. Language: Before Children Begin to Talk 10. Affects into Words: When Children Begin to Talk 11. Integrating Affects, Cognition, and Language: The Impact of Early Verbalization of Affects, the Emergence of Empathy, and Clinical Implications Part 2 Societal Implications of Understanding Affects, Cognition and Language: Views on Overcoming Physical Punishment and Bias, Prejudice, and Violence Introduction to Part2: Physical Punishment and Toward Understanding Bias, Prejudice, and Violence 12. Physical Punishment: "The Canary in the Coal Mine" 13. Toward Understanding Bias, Prejudice, and Violence 14. Wrapping Up and a Glance at the Future