Growing Points Ethology

by P.P.G. Bateson and R. A. Hinde

Book Overview

First published in 1976, this volume is a collection of essays by some of the most prominent and active ethologists. It is organized into four sections: motivation and perception, function and evolution, development, and human social relationships. The first three sections reflect the four questions which are basic to ethology: what were the immediate causes of a behaviour pattern; what is its biological function; how did it evolve; and how did it...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521290864
• ISBN13: 9780521290869
• Release Date: October 1976
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 558 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"