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- ISBN
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About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer
ISBN-10
3211816232
ISBN-13
9783211816233
eBay Product ID (ePID)
78803034
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
Xviii, 380 Pages
Publication Name
Foundations of Ethology
Language
English
Publication Year
1981
Subject
Public Health, Animal & Comparative Psychology, Life Sciences / Zoology / Ethology (Animal Behavior), General, Applied Psychology
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science, Psychology, Medical
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
57.8 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
TitleLeading
The
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Table Of Content
Introductory History.- One Methodology.- I Thinking in Biological Terms.- II The Methodology of Biology and Particularly of Ethology.- III The Fallacies of Non-System-Oriented Methods.- IV The Comparative Method.- Two Genetically Programmed Behavior.- I The Centrally Coordinated Movement or Fixed Motor Pattern.- II Afferent Processes.- III The Problem of the "Stimulus".- IV The Behavior Mechanisms Already Described Built into Complex Systems.- V How Unitary Is "An Instinct"'.- VI Mechanisms Exploiting Instant Information.- VII Multiple Motivation in Behavior.- Three Adaptive Modification of Behavior.- I Modification.- II Learning Without Association.- III Learning Through Association Without Feedback Reporting Success.- IV Learning Effected by the Consequences of Behavior.- V Motor Learning, Voluntary Movement, and Insight.- VI Exploratory Behavior or Curiosity.- Appendix Concerning Homo sapiens.- 1. Anthropologists' Allegations.- 2. On Analogies.- 3. The Difference of Homo sapiens.- 4. Conceptual Thought and Syntactic Language.- 5. Consequences.- 6. Cultural Ethology.- References.
Synopsis
This book is a contribution to the history of ethology-not a definitive history, but the personal view of a major figure in that story. It is all the more welcome because such a grand theme as ethology calls for a range of perspectives. One reason is the overarching scope of the subject. Two great questions about life that constitute much of biology are "How does it work (structure and function)?" and "How did it get that way (evolu- tion and ontogeny)?" Ethology addresses the antecedent of "it. " Of what are we trying to explain the mechanism and development? Surely behav- ior, in all its wealth of detail, variation, causation, and control, is the main achievement of animal evolution, the essential consequence of animal structure and function, the raison d' etre of all the rest. Ethology thus spans between and overlaps with the ever-widening circles of ecol- ogy over the eons and the ever-narrowing focus of physiology of the neurons. Another reason why the history of ethology needs perspectives is the recency of its acceptance. For such an obviously major aspect of animal biology, it is curious how short a time-less than three decades-has seen the excitement of an active field and a substantial fraternity of work- ers, the addition of professors and courses to departments and curricula in biology (still far from universal}, and the normal complement of spe- cial journals, symposia, and sessions at congresses., This book is a contribution to the history of ethology-not a definitive history, but the personal view of a major figure in that story. It is all the more welcome because such a grand theme as ethology calls for a range of perspectives. One reason is the overarching scope of the subject. Two great questions about life that constitute much of biology are "How does it work (structure and function)?" and "How did it get that way (evolu tion and ontogeny)?" Ethology addresses the antecedent of "it. " Of what are we trying to explain the mechanism and development? Surely behav ior, in all its wealth of detail, variation, causation, and control, is the main achievement of animal evolution, the essential consequence of animal structure and function, the raison d' etre of all the rest. Ethology thus spans between and overlaps with the ever-widening circles of ecol ogy over the eons and the ever-narrowing focus of physiology of the neurons. Another reason why the history of ethology needs perspectives is the recency of its acceptance. For such an obviously major aspect of animal biology, it is curious how short a time-less than three decades-has seen the excitement of an active field and a substantial fraternity of work ers, the addition of professors and courses to departments and curricula in biology (still far from universal}, and the normal complement of spe cial journals, symposia, and sessions at congresses.
LC Classification Number
BF1-990
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