Studies in Human and Animal Behavior: Volume I

ISBN: 0674846303

Author: Lorenz, Konrad

Condition: Used

This first volume of the collected papers of Lorenz presents an authoritative review of the founding period of one of the newest sciences. Written during the years 1931-42, these six papers provide a rich source of information on the development of his ethological approach. Lorenz defines a range of behavioral acts: innate, instinctive, conditioned, and insight controlled. He then analyzes their manner of interrelation in the overall behavior of a species of animal. Whatever one's position on the theoretical concepts developed here, the discussion of the Spencer/Lloyd Morgan theory, McDougall's theory of instinct, the reflex theory of the instinctive behavior pattern, imprinting, or Lorenz's own observational techniques and principles - these papers provide an exciting and stimulating array of ideas and will interest the nonspecialist and the student as well as the biologist, sociologist, anthropologist, and ethologist.