Developmental Psychobiology and Behavioral Ecology

Buch | Softcover

476 Seiten

2012 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
9781468454239 (ISBN)

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The previous volume in this series (Blass, 1986) focused on the interface between developmental psychobiology and developmental neurobiology. The volume emphasized that an understanding of central nervous system development and function can be obtained only with reference to the behaviors that it manages, and it emphasized how those behaviors, in tum, shape central development. The present volume explores another natural interface of developmental psy chobiology; behavioral ecology. It documents the progress made by developmental psychobiologists since the mid-1970s in identifying capacities of learning and con ditioning in birds and mammals during the very moments following birth-indeed, during the antenatal period. These breakthroughs in a field that had previously lain dormant reflect the need to "meet the infant where it is" in order for behavior to emerge. Accordingly, studies have been conducted at nest temperature; infants have been rewarded by opportunities to huddle, suckle, or obtain milk, behaviors that are normally engaged in the nest. In addition, there was rejection of the exces sive deprivation, extreme handling, and traumatic manipulation studies of the 1950s and 1960s that yielded information on how animals could respond to trauma but did not reveal mechanisms of normal development. In their place has arisen a series of analyses of how naturally occurring stimuli and situations gain control over behavior and how specifiable experiences impose limitations on subsequent development. Constraints were identified on the range of interactions that remained available to developing animals as a result of particular events.

1 Ecology and Experience: Sources of Means and Meaning of Developmental Change.- Ontogenetic Niches in Mammalian Development.- Uterus as Habitat.- Mother as Habitat.- Huddle as Habitat.- Coterie as Habitat.- Concluding Remarks.- References.- 2 The Inheritance of Niches: The Role of Ecological Legacies in Ontogeny.- Exogenetics: Seeing the Obvious.- The Semantic Conversion of Nature and Nurture.- A Place for Nature and Nurture.- Three Perspectives on Nature—Nurture—Niche.- The Acorn Woodpecker: The Role of the Family Tree.- The Scrub Jay: Territorial Heredity.- The Cowbird: Living Up to Its Genetic Potential.- Human Families: Confluent Inheritance.- Summary: Seeing the Obvious.- References.- 3 Cause and Function in the Development of Behavior Systems.- The Conception of a Behavior System.- The Development of Behavior Systems.- Discussion.- Conclusions.- References.- 4 Precocity, Play, and the Ectotherm—Endotherm Transition: Profound Reorganization or Superficial Adaptation?.- Terrestrial Ectotherms and Endotherms Compared.- Reptiles and Theories of Development.- Specificity and Diversity in Neonate Reptile Behavior.- Reptiles, Precocity, and the Evolution of Play.- Final Thoughts.- References.- 5 The Uterus as Environment: The Ecology of Fetal Behavior.- Evolutionary Roots of Fetal Development.- Features of the Prenatal Environment.- Techniques for Investigating Fetal Behavior.- Fetal Movements: Motility or Behavior?.- Organization of Fetal Behavior.- Fetal Responsiveness to Environmental Conditions.- The Biological Function of Fetal Behavior.- Concluding Remarks.- References.- 6 Sexual Differentiation of Behavior in the Context of Developmental Psychobiology.- Sexual Differentiation of the Reproductive System.- Cellular Mechanisms Underlying SexualDifferentiation: Basic Issues.- Sexual Differentiation as a Mechanism for Producing Sex Differences in Behavior.- Behaviors Susceptible to Sexual Differentiation.- Different Behaviors Undergo Sexual Differentiation Independently.- Species, Strain, and Individual Differences Related to Sexual Differentiation.- When Are Behaviors Susceptible to Sexual Differentiation?.- The Role of T Metabolism in Sexual Differentiation of Behavior.- The Role of E2 in the Development of Feminine Phenotypes.- Which Neural Tissues Contribute to Sexual Differentiation of Behavior?.- What Properties of Neural Tissues Differentiate Sexually?.- How Do Hormones Establish Sex Differences in Neural Structure and Function?.- References.- 7 Learning in Infancy: A Mechanism for Behavioral Change during Development.- Recent Progress in Learning and Memory Research.- Learning as a Mechanism of Behavioral Change in Development.- Summary and Conclusions.- References.- 8 The Neurobiology of Early Olfactory Learning.- Early Olfactory Learning.- Olfactory System Organization.- Olfactory System Development.- Changes in Neural Activity with Olfactory Experience.- Mechanism of the Enhanced Neural Response.- Summary.- References.- 9 Opioids, Behavior, and Learning in Mammalian Development.- Development of the Opioid System.- Pharmacology of Opioids in the Developing Animal.- Behavioral Functioning of Neonatal Opioid Systems.- General Discussion.- References.- 10 Exploiting the Nursing Niche: The Infant’s Sucking and Feeding in the Context of the Mother—Infant Interaction.- Selective Review of Recent Research Developments and Controversy.- How Feeding Is Embedded within the Mother—Infant Interaction.- Adjustment of Sucking and Intake in Response to Environmental and Developmental Variation.- Conclusion.-References.- 11 Kinship and the Development of Social Preferences.- Warren G. Holmes.- The Ultimate Basis of Social Preferences.- Assessing Social Preferences.- The Proximate Basis of Social Preferences.- Concluding Remarks.- Summary.- References.- 12 Development of Instinctive Behavior: An Epigenetic and Ecological Approach.- David B. Miller.- What Is Epigenesis?.- What Is an Ecological Approach?.- Imprinting: A Nonepigenetic, Nonecological Approach to Development.- Critical Periods: Do They Exist?.- Development of Alarm Call Responsivity in Mallard Ducklings.- Development and Evolution.- References.

Reihe/Serie	Handbooks of Behavioral Neurobiology ; 9
Zusatzinfo	476 p.
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 279 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-13	9781468454239 / 9781468454239
Zustand	Neuware