Synthesizing Nature-nurture - Prenatal Roots of Instinctive Behavior

List of contents

Contents: Series Preface. Preface. Formulating Probabilistic Epigenesis. Preliminaries to an Explicit Experimental Demonstration of Probabilistic Epigenesis. Experimental Demonstration of Probabilistic Epigenesis (in Two Parts). Perceptual Capabilities of Mallard Duck Embryos: Clarifying the Role of Experience. Experimental Demonstration of Probabilistic Epigenesis in Wood Ducklings. Experiential Canalization of Species-Specific Behavior. Modifiability of Species-Specific Behavior. Evolution of Probabilistic Epigenesis: History and Current Status of a Developmental-Psychobiological Systems Viewpoint. Toward a New Developmental and Evolutionary Synthesis.

About the author

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Summary

This volume provides a primarily non-technical summary of experimental and theoretical work on the nature-nurture problem. It suggests that the relationship beween genes and early experiences opens up the evolution of the mind - in the womb and during childhood.

Product details

• Authors: Gilbert Gottlieb, Gottlieb Gilbert
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780805828702
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-2870-2
• No. of pages: 204
• Weight: 340 g
• Series: Distinguished Lecture Series; Distinguished Lecture Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Experimental Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, PSYCHOLOGY / Experimental Psychology, Animal behaviour, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Behavioural theory (Behaviourism), Behaviourism, Behavioural theory, Ethology and animal behaviour, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Behaviorism