Development and Integration of Behaviour : Essays in Honour of Robert Hinde

Patrick Bateson

ISBN 10: 0521403561 / ISBN 13: 9780521403566

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1991

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8vo pp.506.

Seller Inventory # 361647

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Development and Integration of Behaviour : Essays in Honour of Robert Hinde
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521403561
• ISBN 13: 9780521403566
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: very good
• Dust Jacket Condition: no dustjacket
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Natural History

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Synopsis

The main part of the book begins with a study of behavioral development in animals, progresses to the neural and endocrine aspects of behavior, and then to the social behavior of nonhuman primates. The final transition from monkeys to humans, which Hinde made in his own research, leads to an impressive section on the development of social behavior in humans. The last scientific chapter relates to Dr. Hinde's deep concern about aggression and the peculiarly human institution of war. His own commentaries to the book discuss the recurring theme of crossing and recrossing the boundaries among different levels of analysis and the need to study processes. In the final section, his former student Jane Goodall and the late Niko Tinbergen write of their memories of this inspiring man.

Book Description

Robert Hinde has had an extraordinary influence in the fields of ethology, primatology, and, most recently, in psychiatry. The essays of leading figures in the study of behavior are assembled here to celebrate his work.