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Preface | |
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Introduction | |
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What Is Psychology? | |
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The History of Psychology | |
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Subfields of Psychology | |
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Research Methods in Psychology | |
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Looking at the Numbers: Statistical Analysis | |
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Summary | |
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Key Terms | |
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Psychology in the News | |
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Biology and Behavior | |
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History and Scope of Behavioral Neuroscience | |
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Neurons: Basic Units of the Nervous System | |
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Anatomy of the Nervous System | |
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Hemispheric Specialization | |
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Functional Subdivisions of the Nervous System | |
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The Endocrine System | |
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Genetics | |
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Summary | |
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Key Terms | |
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Psychology in the News: Subtle but Intriguing Differences Found in Brain Anatomy of Men and Women | |
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Sensation | |
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History and Scope of the Study of Sensation | |
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Exploring the Limits of Our Sensations | |
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Seeing | |
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Hearing | |
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Other Senses | |
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Summary | |
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Key Terms | |
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Psychology in the News: Research on Noise Disappears in the Din | |
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Perception | |
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History and Scope of the Study of Perception, Cognition, and Action | |
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Perceptual Development | |
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The Role of Organization in Perception | |
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The Role of Constancies in Perception | |
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Depth Perception | |
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Visual Illusions | |
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Speech Perception | |
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Reading | |
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Summary | |
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Key Terms | |
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Psychology in the News: New Breed of Robots Have the Human Touch | |
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Alternate States of Consciousness | |
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History and Scope of Studying Alternate States of Consciousness | |
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Methods for Studying States of Consciousness | |
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Sleep and Dreams | |
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Visions During Drowsiness | |
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Daydreams | |
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Drug-Induced States | |
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Hypnosis | |
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Meditation | |
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Sensory Deprivation | |
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Hidden Mental Powers | |
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Near-Death Experiences | |
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A Final Comment | |
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Summary | |
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Key Terms | |
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Psychology in the News: Feeling Sleepy? An Urge to Nap Is Built In | |
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Learning | |
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History and Scope of the Study of Learning | |
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Classical Conditioning | |
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Operant Conditioning | |
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Cognitive Learning Theory | |
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Psychobiological Analyses of Learning: Issues and Applications | |
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Summary | |
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Key Terms | |
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Psychology in the News: Embattled Giant of Psychology Speaks His Mind | |
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Memory and Cognition | |
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History and Scope of the Study of Memory | |
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How Memory Is Studied | |
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Types of Memory | |
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Encoding | |
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Retaining and Recoding | |
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Retrieval | |
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Forgetting | |
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The Neurobiological Basis of Learning and Memory | |
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Improving Your Memory | |
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Summary | |
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Key Terms | |
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Psychology in the News: Studies Offer Fresh Clues to Memory | |
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Language, Thought, and Intelligence | |
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Scope and History | |
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Language | |
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Thought | |
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Problem Solving: Creativity, Planning, and Decision Making | |
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Intelligence | |
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A Final Comment | |
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Summary | |
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Key Terms | |
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Psychology in the News: Humor Found to Aid Problem Solving | |
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Infancy and Childhood | |
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History and Scope of the Study of Human Development | |
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Prenatal Development | |
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Birth to 1 Year | |
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Childhood | |
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Childhood Disorders | |
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Summary | |
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Key Terms | |
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Psychology in the News: Sensing Silent Cues Emerges as Key Skill | |
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Adolescence, Adulthood, and Aging | |
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History and Scope of a Life-Span Approach to Development | |
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Adolescence | |
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Young Adulthood | |
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Middle Adulthood | |
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Late Adulthood | |
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Death and Dying | |
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Summary | |
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Key Terms | |
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Psychology in the News: Tracking the Life of the New Father | |
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Motivation | |
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Motivation: Scope and History | |
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Hunger and Eating | |
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Thirst | |
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Sexual Behavior | |
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Stimulus-Seeking Motives | |
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Social Motives | |
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The Achievement Motive | |
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A Hierarchy of Motives? | |
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Summary | |
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Key Terms | |
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Psychology in the News: Mating for Life? It's Not for the Birds or the Bees | |
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Emotions, Stress, and Coping | |
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The Study of Emotions: History and Scope | |
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Getting That Feeling: Theories of Emotion | |
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Nonverbal Communication: Saying It Silently | |
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The Influence of Emotions | |
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Specific Emotions | |
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Stress | |
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Coping Effectively With Stress | |
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Summary | |
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Key Terms | |
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Psychology in the News: Studies Point to Power of Nonverbal Signals | |
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Personality: Theories and Assessment | |
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Personality Defined | |
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Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory | |
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Humanistic Theories | |
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Learning Theories | |
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Types and Traits | |
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Personality Theories: A Concluding Remark | |
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Personality Assessment | |
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Summary | |
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Key Terms | |
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Psychology in the News: New Techniques Help Millions of Wallflowers Overcome Their Fears | |
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Abnormal Psychology | |
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Abnormal Behavior: History and Scope | |
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The Medical Student Syndrome | |
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Anxiety Disorders | |
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder | |
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Phobia | |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder | |
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Somatoform Disorders | |
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Dissociative Disorders | |
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Mood Disorders | |
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Sexual Disorders | |
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Psychosis | |
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Personality Disorders | |
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Substance Use Disorders: Alcohol and Other Drugs | |
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Summary | |
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Psychology in the News: Delusion, Benign and Bizarre, Is Recognized as Common | |
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Therapy | |
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Therapy: Its History and Scope | |
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The Therapists | |
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Psychotherapy | |
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Biomedical Therapy | |
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Does Therapy Work? | |
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Summary | |
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Key Terms | |
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Psychology in the News: The Self: From Tokyo to Topeka, It Changes | |
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Interpersonal Relations | |
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The Scope and History of Social Psychology | |
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Perceiving and Evaluating Others | |
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Our Beliefs and Attitudes | |
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When Behaving Is Believing | |
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Liking: Positive Attitudes About People | |
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Helping Behavior | |
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Summary | |
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Key Terms | |
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Psychology in the News: Great Altruists: Science Ponders Soul of Goodness | |
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The Individual in Groups | |
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Studying Individuals in Groups: History and Scope | |
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Why Belong to a Group? | |
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The Structure of Groups | |
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Conformity: Dancing to the Group's Tune | |
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Leadership | |
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Resisting Influence | |
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Group Decision Making | |
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Group Performance | |
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Intergroup Relations, Prejudice, and Discrimination | |
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Summary | |
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Key Terms | |
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Psychology in the News: As Bias Crime Seems to Rise, Scientists Study Roots of Racism | |
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Appendix: Statistical Methods | |
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Glossary | |
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References | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Name Index | |
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Subject Index | |