Author: Julian HuxleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Courtship Habits of the Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps Cristatus)
Author: Julian HuxleyFoundations of Animal Behavior
Author: Lynne D. HouckPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226354569
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
Beginning with Darwin's work in the 1870s, Foundations of Animal Behavior selects the most important works from the discipline's first hundred years—forty-four classic papers—and presents them in facsimile, tracing the development of the field. These papers are classics because they either founded a line of investigation, established a basic method, or provided a new approach to an important research question. The papers are divided into six sections, each introduced by prominent researchers. Sections one and two cover the origins and history of the field and the emergence of basic methods and approaches. They provide a background for sections three through six, which focus on development and learning; neural and hormonal mechanisms of behavior; sensory processes, orientation, and communication; and the evolution of behavior. This outstanding collection will serve as the basis for undergraduate and graduate seminars and as a reference for researchers in animal behavior, whether they focus on ethology, behavioral ecology, comparative psychology, or anthropology. Published in association with the Animal Behavior Society
Patterns of Behavior
Author: Richard W. BurkhardtPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226080900
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 649
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The Ibis
Author: Theorizing Rituals, Volume 1: Issues, Topics, Approaches, Concepts
Author: Jens KreinathPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047410777
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 803
Book Description
Volume one of Theorizing Rituals assembles 34 leading scholars from various countries and disciplines working within this field. The authors review main methodological and meta-theoretical problems (part I) followed by some of the classical issues (part II). Further chapters discuss main approaches to theorizing rituals (part III) and explore some key analytical concepts for theorizing rituals (part IV). The volume is provided with extensive indices.
Handbook of Ethological Methods
Author: Philip N. LehnerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521637503
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
At first glance, studying behavior is easy, but as every budding ethologist quickly realises, there are a host of complex practical, methodological and analytical problems to solve before designing and conducting the study. How do you choose which species or which behavior to study? What equipment will you need to observe and record behavior successfully? How do you record data in the dark, in the wet, or without missing part of the action? How do you analyse and interpret the data to yield meaningful information? This new expanded edition of the Handbook of Ethological Methods provides a complete step-by-step introduction to ethological methods from topic choice and behavioral description to data collection and statistical analysis. This book will be a must for beginning students and experienced researchers studying animal behavior in the field or laboratory.
The System of Animate Nature
Author: J. Arthur Thompson, M.A., LL.D.Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Food Preferences and Taste
Author: Helen M. MacbethPublisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781571819581
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
An international team of contributors present cross-disciplinary perspectives on food preferences and tastes, showing the common themes of these fundamentals of human existence. A comprehensive introduction outlines the themes and the links between them.
Instinct, Environment and Behaviour (Psychology Revivals)
Author: Stephen LeaPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 131753168X
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
What can the evolution of animal behaviour tell us about human behaviour? More specifically, how good an account of animal behaviour can we give in terms of evolution, and how do humans fit in with or deviate from the pattern established for other animals? The biological approach to the study of animal behaviour has important implications for psychology, but it is distinctly different. Originally published in 1984, this book provides a basic introduction to biological theories about behaviour, from the classic ethological tradition of Lorenz and Tinbergen to the later sociobiological approach. The principles of experimentation and research involved are assessed critically, especially with regard to their implications for the study of human behaviour. Written specifically for those with little biological knowledge, this book will still be of interest to students of biology and introductory psychology alike.
Music and Manipulation
Author: Steven BrownPublisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1845450981
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Since the beginning of human civilization, music has been used as a device to control social behavior, where it has operated as much to promote solidarity within groups as hostility between competing groups. Music is an emotive manipulator that influences attitude, motivation and behavior at many levels and in many contexts. This volume is the first to address the social ramifications of music’s behaviorally manipulative effects, its morally questionable uses and control mechanisms, and its economic and artistic regulation through commercialization, thus highlighting not only music’s diverse uses at the social level but also the ever-fragile relationship between aesthetics and morality.