ABSTRACT
THE T H E M E o f thi s sermo n i s tha t huma n structur e an d functio n ar e signifi -cantly intertwined . I propos e t o asser t th e relativ e neglec t b y America n students of behavio r o f th e physica l perso n an d it s components , t o sugges t some possible determinant s o f thi s persisten t myopia , t o examin e som e argument s
and evidenc e fo r th e importanc e o f suc h constitutiona l parameter s fo r th e psy -
chologist, and , finally , t o mentio n a fe w illustrativ e area s o f potentia l researc h
interest. Initiall y I shoul d mak e clea r tha t I a m usin g th e ter m morpholog y quit e
broadly t o refe r no t onl y t o th e physical , structura l aspect s o f th e organis m bu t
also to an y externall y observabl e an d objectivel y measurabl e attribut e o f th e per -
son, thu s embracin g suc h variable s a s hirsuteness , symmetry , colo r an d eve n es -
thetic attractiveness .
