The study of behavior : organization, methods, and principles

Summary: Behavior studies now span a variety of sub-disciplines, including behavioral ecology, neuroscience, cognitive psychology and evolutionary developmental biology. While the fields' rapid growth has led to startling new insights into animal behavior, it has brought increasingly fragmented approaches to the subject. Integrating ideas and findings from a range of disciplines, this book provides a common framework for understanding diverse issues in behavior studies. The framework is derived from classical ethology, incorporating concepts and data from research in experimental psychology, neurophysiology and evolutionary biology. Hogan outlines the origin and development of major ideas and issues in the field, drawing on examples throughout to highlight connections across sub-disciplines. Demonstrating how results in one area can directly inform work in others, the book ultimately proposes concepts to facilitate new discussions that will open the way for improved dialog between researchers across behavior studies.

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ISBN: 9781108123792
ISBN: 9781107191976
ISBN: 1108123791
ISBN: 1107191971
ISBN: 9781108129275
ISBN: 1108129277
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 372 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

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General Note:	CatMonthString.january.24 Multi-User.
Formatted Contents Note:	The framework -- Structure of behavior : actions, perceptions, representations, behavior systems -- Motivation : immediate causes of behavior -- Motivational consequences of behavior : emotion, homeostasis, expectancies, orientation, rhythms -- Ontogeny of structure : development of behavior systems -- Ontogeny of structure : some principles of development -- Causes and consequences of development : reinforcement, learning, memory, thinking -- Phylogeny of structure : evolution of behavior -- Phylogenetic consequences : survival value (current fitness) -- Phylogenetic consequences : adaptations and historical origins.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
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Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.