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The development of animal behavior / edited by Johan J. Bolhuis and Jerry A. Hogan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, 1999.ISBN:
  • 0631207074
  • 0631207082
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 591.5 21
LOC classification:
  • QL763
Contents:
Foreword / Patrick Bateson -- Pt. I. General Principles of Development. 1. Principles of Development and Differentiation (excerpt) / Conrad H. Waddington. 2. Ontogenetic Adaptations and Retrogressive Processes in the Development of the Nervous System and Behaviour: A Neuroembryological Perspective / Robert W. Oppenheim. 3. From Watsonian Behaviorism to Behavior Epigenetics / Zing-Yang Kuo. 4. Developmental Changes in Sensitivity to Experience / Patrick Bateson and Robert A. Hinde. 5. Behavioral Development: Toward Understanding Processes / Carel Ten Cate -- Pt. II. Theoretical Debates - Nature/Nurture and Beyond. 6. A Critique of Konrad Lorenz's Theory of Instinctive Behavior / Daniel S. Lehrman. 7. Heredity and Environment in Mammalian Behaviour (excerpt) / Donald O. Hebb. 8. Evolution and Modification of Behavior (excerpt) / Konrad Lorenz. 9. Semantic and Conceptual Issues in the Nature-Nurture Problem / Daniel S. Lehrman -- Pt. III. Empirical Paradigms: Development of Perceptual and Motor Mechanisms. 10. The Developing Brain / Carla J. Shatz. 11. Development of Species Identification in Ducklings - VI: Specific Embryonic Experience Required to Maintain Species-Typical Perception in Peking Ducklings / Gilbert Gottlieb. 12. The Companion in the Bird's World (excerpt) / Konrad Lorenz. 13. Development of Perceptual Mechanisms in Birds: Predispositions and Imprinting / Johan J. Bolhuis. 14. Sensory Templates in Species-Specific Behavior / Peter Marler. 15. Aspects of Learning in the Ontogeny of Bird Song: Where, from Whom, When, How Many, Which, and How Accurately? / Donald E. Kroodsma. 16. Motor Patterns in Development (excerpt) / John C. Fentress and Peter J. Mcleod -- Pt. IV. Empirical Paradigms: Development of Behavior Systems. 17. Suckling isn't feeding, or is it? A Search for Developmental Continuities / William G. Hall and Christina L. Williams. 18. Ontogeny of Social Behaviour in Burmese Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus spadiceus) (excerpt) / Jaap P. Kruijt. 19. Social Deprivation in Monkeys / Harry F. Harlow and Margaret K. Harlow. 20. Mother-Infant Separation and the Nature of Inter-Individual Relationships: Experiments with Rhesus Monkeys / Robert A. Hinde. 21. Structure and Development of Behavior Systems / Jerry A. Hogan.
Summary: The Development of Animal Behavior brings together a collection of classic readings combined with a number of contemporary syntheses on the subject of behavioral development in animals. The carefully selected readings, together with a foreword by Patrick Bateson and editorial introductions, make The Development of Animal Behavior an invaluable resource for students and scholars who wish to engage with the study of animal behavioral development.
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Foreword / Patrick Bateson -- Pt. I. General Principles of Development. 1. Principles of Development and Differentiation (excerpt) / Conrad H. Waddington. 2. Ontogenetic Adaptations and Retrogressive Processes in the Development of the Nervous System and Behaviour: A Neuroembryological Perspective / Robert W. Oppenheim. 3. From Watsonian Behaviorism to Behavior Epigenetics / Zing-Yang Kuo. 4. Developmental Changes in Sensitivity to Experience / Patrick Bateson and Robert A. Hinde. 5. Behavioral Development: Toward Understanding Processes / Carel Ten Cate -- Pt. II. Theoretical Debates - Nature/Nurture and Beyond. 6. A Critique of Konrad Lorenz's Theory of Instinctive Behavior / Daniel S. Lehrman. 7. Heredity and Environment in Mammalian Behaviour (excerpt) / Donald O. Hebb. 8. Evolution and Modification of Behavior (excerpt) / Konrad Lorenz. 9. Semantic and Conceptual Issues in the Nature-Nurture Problem / Daniel S. Lehrman -- Pt. III. Empirical Paradigms: Development of Perceptual and Motor Mechanisms. 10. The Developing Brain / Carla J. Shatz. 11. Development of Species Identification in Ducklings - VI: Specific Embryonic Experience Required to Maintain Species-Typical Perception in Peking Ducklings / Gilbert Gottlieb. 12. The Companion in the Bird's World (excerpt) / Konrad Lorenz. 13. Development of Perceptual Mechanisms in Birds: Predispositions and Imprinting / Johan J. Bolhuis. 14. Sensory Templates in Species-Specific Behavior / Peter Marler. 15. Aspects of Learning in the Ontogeny of Bird Song: Where, from Whom, When, How Many, Which, and How Accurately? / Donald E. Kroodsma. 16. Motor Patterns in Development (excerpt) / John C. Fentress and Peter J. Mcleod -- Pt. IV. Empirical Paradigms: Development of Behavior Systems. 17. Suckling isn't feeding, or is it? A Search for Developmental Continuities / William G. Hall and Christina L. Williams. 18. Ontogeny of Social Behaviour in Burmese Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus spadiceus) (excerpt) / Jaap P. Kruijt. 19. Social Deprivation in Monkeys / Harry F. Harlow and Margaret K. Harlow. 20. Mother-Infant Separation and the Nature of Inter-Individual Relationships: Experiments with Rhesus Monkeys / Robert A. Hinde. 21. Structure and Development of Behavior Systems / Jerry A. Hogan.

The Development of Animal Behavior brings together a collection of classic readings combined with a number of contemporary syntheses on the subject of behavioral development in animals. The carefully selected readings, together with a foreword by Patrick Bateson and editorial introductions, make The Development of Animal Behavior an invaluable resource for students and scholars who wish to engage with the study of animal behavioral development.