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Ontogeny
Bateson, P. P. G.; Klopfer, Peter H.
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paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GB; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 771.
This volume is devoted principally to the theme of behavioral develop ment. The study of ontogeny has attracted some of the most bitter and protracted controversies in the whole field of ethology and psychology. This is partly because the arguments have reflected more general and continuing ideological battles about nature and nurture. In the opening essay, Oppenheim shows how these debates have recurred in much the same form over the last century. His chapter also brings out a more worrying feature of such argument. He demonstrates that authors who are well known for their strongly held partisan views have written ... Read more
This volume is devoted principally to the theme of behavioral develop ment. The study of ontogeny has attracted some of the most bitter and protracted controversies in the whole field of ethology and psychology. This is partly because the arguments have reflected more general and continuing ideological battles about nature and nurture. In the opening essay, Oppenheim shows how these debates have recurred in much the same form over the last century. His chapter also brings out a more worrying feature of such argument. He demonstrates that authors who are well known for their strongly held partisan views have written ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
Number of Pages
520
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461575801
SKU
V9781461575801
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