| Description |
1 online resource : text file, PDF |
| Series |
Psychology Library Editions: Comparative Psychology |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: The Ability of Living Beings to Exist and Develop Despite Adverse Conditions: The Phenomenon of Adaptation; Chapter 3: The Problem of Man's Origin and Kinship: Factual Evidence and its Proper Treatment; How we think about evolution; Common sense and the evolution theory; The principle of identity and the evolution theory; The problem of naming a developing thing; Actuality and potentiality in evolution |
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The principle of resemblance and the evolution theoryChapter 4: The Problem of Man's Origin and Kinship (con.): Certainty and Probability as to Man's Evolution; The worth and the limitations of paleontological evidence; Man's most probable direct ancestor; Man and the solidarity of the animal kingdom; The influence of man's belief in his own evolutionary origin on his self-respect and conduct; Chapter 5: Success and Failure in Animal Activity; Sources, trustworthiness, and organization of data; The Criterion of success in animal activity |
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Activities classified as life-or-death and life-fulfillingClasses of maladaptive activity; Chapter 6: Successful Animal Activity; At the level of reflex action; At the level of instinctive action; At the level of intelligent action; Of low type; Of high type; Systematic study of successful activity in sub-human animals; Personality as an element in group success; Chapter 7: Maladaptive Activity Resulting in Waste of Time and Energy; Chapter 8: Maladaptive Activity Resulting in Waste of Useful Materials; Among insects; Among birds; Chapter 9: Waste of Useful Materials (con.): Among Mammals |
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Chapter 10: Maladaptive Activity Resulting in Injury to KindAmong arthropods; Among lower Vertebrates; Among birds; Among mammals; Chapter 11: Maladaptive Activity Resulting in Self·Injury; Among invertebrates; Chapter 12: Self-Injury (con.): Among Birds; Extinction of species promoted by maladaptive activity; Self-injury due to defective fear; Chapter 13: Self-Injury (con.): Among Mammals; Under-activity in the presence of danger; Over-activity in the presence of danger; Due to rage; Chapter 14: Maladaptive Activity in Monkeys and Apes |
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Extent of activity resulting in excessiveness: in food-takingIn maternal solicitude; Misdirection of activities resulting in self-injury; In injury to kind; Self-injury from normal types of action; Chapter 15: Maladaptive Activity Among Low-Cultured Human Beings; Food-taking among savages; savage festivals; Misdirected activities; For securing food; Compared with brute activity; Chapter 16: Maladaptive Activity Among High-Cultured Human Beings; Our verdict on our own activities; common knowledge of maladaptation; Maladaptive activity as corrected by science |
| Notes |
"Originally published in 1928, this title looks at the link between animal and human conduct. It had long been recognized on the basis of their activities that many animals possess minds, and that these are similar in a considerable number of respects to human minds. According to the author, this book looks at man's position within nature from the perspective of a naturalist, rather than a psychologist or philosopher. He has attempted to describe the working of mind and body in human beings and in other living things; to examine critically the mental technique involved in such descriptions; and to reason broadly as to the bearings of the facts and processes on human life. Now it can be read and enjoyed in its historical context."--Provided by publisher |
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Adaptation (Biology)
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Animal behavior.
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Psychology, Comparative.
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Adaptation (Biology)
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Animal behavior
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Psychology, Comparative
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351257404 |
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1351257404 |
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9781351257398 |
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1351257390 |
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9781351257374 |
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1351257374 |
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