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Hardcover Human Ethology Book

ISBN: 0202020304

ISBN13: 9780202020303

Human Ethology

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With the discovery of conditioned reflexes by I. P. Pavlov, the possibilities for experimenting, following the example set by the classical, exact sciences, were made available to the behavioral sciences. Many psychologists hoped that the component parts of behavior had also been found from which the entire, multifaceted cosmos of behavior could then be constructed. An experimentally oriented psychology subsequently developed including the influential...

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The definitive work on human ethology

I might be slightly biased having studied under Eibl-Eibesfeldt personally, but this is the definitive work written on the subject written by the disciplines founder. The protege of Konrad Lorenz, Eibl-Eibesfeldt's credentials as a student of animal behavior are beyond reproach. True the book is a large tome but it is never dull and very approachable and well illustrated.. I recommend this book for students of many disciplines including biologists, anthropologists and psychologists. It offers a unique study of the human condition from a perspective most are unfamiliar with. A great contribution to science by, in my opinion, one of the greatest minds of this century.
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