IBYME   02675
INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA Y MEDICINA EXPERIMENTAL
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
libros
Título:
Psicologia comparada. Evolucion y desarrollo del comportamiento
Autor/es:
PAPINI, M. R. (TRANSLATED BY RUBÉN N. MUZIO ET AL.)
Editorial:
Manual Moderno
Referencias:
Lugar: Bogotá; Año: 2008 p. 634
Resumen:
A. Description  For courses in Comparative Psychology, Animal Behavior, and Comparative Learning. This introduction to the evolutionary and developmental principles underlying the study of animal behavior provides a broad view of behavior from the comparative psychology perspective. The author discusses all aspects of the subject— including comparative learning and cognition, brain evolution and behavior, primate evolution, behavior genetics, behavioral ecology, social behavior in an ecological context, early experience and development, and the ontogeny of social behavior. Emphasizing problems and research interests that have traditional relevance for psychologists, the text uses examples drawn from specialized journals to provide a firm grasp of evolutionary science as it is applied to the understanding of behavior.  B. Table of Contents 1. Introduction. I. BEHAVIOR AND THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS. 2. Biological Evolution. 3. Genes and Behavior. 4. Predators and Preys. 5. Reproductive and Social Behavior. II. PATTERNS OF BRAIN-BEHAVIOR EVOLUTION. 6. The Origin and Evolution of Animals. 7. Simple Nervous Systems and Behavior. 8. Evolution of the Vertebrate Brain and Behavior. 9. Brain, Behavior, and Evolution of Primates. III. BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT. 10. Development and Evolution. 11. Early Learning and Behavior. 12. Early Social Learning and Behavior. IV. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LEARNING. 13. General Learning Processes. 14. Comparative Learning and Cognition. Glossary. Index.   C. Features ·        Four part organization follows Tinbergen's classification of causal levels in the study of behavior—Part I deals with the adaptive significance of behavior, Part II focuses on phylogenic history, Part III emphasizes developmental processes in relation to evolution, to early experience, and, and to the ontogeny of social behavior. Part IV looks at the mechanisms of basic associative learning processes, their generality across situations and species, and the emergence of higher cognitive processes in a variety of non-human animals. ·        Allows students to recognize the multiplicity of levels in the study of behavior. ·        Introduction to evolutionary theory for the psychologist. ·        Provides students with extensive coverage of evolutionary principles from the perspective of behavior in both humans and non-human animals. ·        Learning and cognition presented in a developmental and evolutionary framework. ·        Introduces students to learning and cognition's connection with larger conceptual problems so that they can understand the origins of the complex psychological capacities displayed by humans. ·        Brain evolution and human evolution. ·        Challenges students to think in dynamic terms about the origin of human behavior. ·        List of Generalizations to be learned precede each chapter. ·        Focuses students' attention on key points. ·        Chapter reviews, key concepts, and a glossary. ·        Provides students with review materials to reinforce concepts presented.