Current Problems in Sociobiology

The authors of this 1982 book were invited to identify areas within sociobiology which provided particular problems or which had previously been ignored.

List of contents

List of participants; Preface P. P. G. Bateson; Acknowledgements; Introduction J. Maynard Smith; Part I. Natural Selection and Sociobiology R. W. Wrangham: 1. Adaptation, fitness and the evolutionary tautology R. I. M. Dunbar; 2. The evolution of social behaviour - a classification of models J. Maynard Smith; 3. Replicators and vehicles R. Dawkins; 4. The concept of fitness in population genetics and sociobiology P. O' Donald; Part II. Complexity in Evolutionary Processes D. I. Rubenstein: 5. Risk, uncertainty and evolutionary strategies D. I. Rubenstein; 6. Gene competition without selection E. A. Thompson; 7. Behavioural development and evolutionary processes P. P. G. Bateson; 8. Individual heterogeneity and population regulation; Part III. Evolutionary Conflicts of Interest R. I. M. Dunbar: 9. Phenotype-limited evolutionarily stable strategies G. A. Parker; 10. Parental care and sex role reversal N. Knowlton; 11. Parental investment in male and female offspring in mammals T. H. Clutton-Brock; Part IV. Sociality B. C. R. Bertram: 12. Problems with altruism B. C. R. Bertram; 13. Mutualism, kinship and social evolution R. W. Wrangham; 14. Sociodemographic attributes of nepotism in tribal populations: man the rule-breaker N. A. Chagnon; Part V. The Problems of Comparison T. H. Clutton-Brock: 15. Prospects for interspecific comparison in sociobiology P. J. Jarman; 16. Comparisons between taxa and adaptive trends: problems of methodology P. H. Harvey and G. M. Mace; 17. Behaviour and competition for scarce resources N. B. Davies; Index.

Summary

The authors of this 1982 book were invited to identify areas within sociobiology which provided particular problems or which had previously been ignored. These contributions cover a wide array of areas within the field. In many cases they pointed the way to future improvements in practice as well as theory.

Product details

• Authors: College Sociobiology G King's, College Sociobiology G. King's, College Sociobiology Group King's, King's College Sociobiology Group
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.06.1982
• EAN: 9780521285209
• ISBN: 978-0-521-28520-9
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 600 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Behavioural theory (Behaviourism), Behaviourism, Behavioural theory, Sociology and anthropology, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Behaviorism