Contents

• 1. Introduction: The Puzzle of Individuality
• Pt. 1. On Human Nature. 2. Coming of Age in Self-Understanding: The Tale of Galton, Boas, and Mead. 3. From the Cell to the Self
• Pt. 2. On Individual Human Nature: The Forms of Temperament. 4. Early Differences. 5. Three Dimensions of Temperament. 6. High and Low Amplification: Setting the Gain Control. 7. Deliberation-Liberation: Organizing Actions and Thought. 8. Positive Approach, Negative Withdrawal. 9. Disorders: At the Ends of the Continuum
• Pt. 3. Race, Sex, and Family. 10. Skin Color, Cultural Differences, Intelligence, and Individuality. 11. Why Are Children in the Same Family So Dissimilar? 12. Sex Matters
• Pt. 4. Differences in Mind. 13. The Hand, the Brain, and the Individual Mind. 14. Small Pieces of the Puzzle: Differences in Memory and Thinking
• Pt. 5. Completing Ourselves: Going Beyond Our Inheritance. 15. Of Monkey Brains, Fish Hierarchy, Tame and Wild Cats, Missing Limbs, and the Amazing Possibility of Growth in the Brain. 16. On Human Nature and Individual Human Nature: Changes Large and Small