Uniting psychology and biology : integrative perspectives on human development / edited by Nancy L. Segal, Glenn E. Weisfeld, Carol C. Weisfeld.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Segal, Nancy L., 1951-

Weisfeld, Glenn, 1943-

Weisfeld, Carol Cronin, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Developmental psychology.

Developmental psychobiology.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 568 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, [1997]

Summary:

This festschrift in honor of Daniel G. Freedman provides a uniquely personal view of cutting-edge "holistic" studies of human behavior. Freedman's pioneering ethological analyses encouraged naturalistic studies of evolved bases of behavior; his comparative view of behavior helped set the stage for current cross-cultural research.

Just as Freedman himself discusses the way his three masters -- Abraham Maslow, Kurt Goldstein, and Gregory Bateson -- contributed to his intellectual development, the scholars in this volume acknowledge Freedman's influence on this work in such areas as human behavioral genetics, developmental psycho-biology, cross-cultural observational research, and evolutionary psychology. Uniting each of the chapters is the conviction that psychology can benefit from an infusion of biological concepts and methods.

Contents:

Tribute to Dan

1. Pursuing the Big Picture / Nancy L. Segal, Glenn E. Weisfeld, Carol C. Weisfeld

2. My Three Mentors / Daniel G. Freedman

3. Is Nonduality Possible in the Social and Biological Sciences? Small Essays on Holism and Related Issues / Daniel G. Freedman

4. Are Genetically Based Individual Differences Compatible With Species-Wide Adaptations? / J. Michael Bailey

Section II Genetic Bases of Behavior: Contributions to Psychological Research / Nancy L. Segal

5. A Developmental and a Genetic Perspective on Aggression / Irving I. Gottesman, H. Hill Goldsmith, Gregory Carey

6. Genetic Analysis of Social Behavior / John Paul Scott

7. Twin Research Perspective on Human Development / Nancy L. Segal

Section III Biological Approaches to Developmental Issues: Rethinking the Data / Glenn E. Weisfeld

8. Ethological and General Systems Perspectives on Child-Parent Attachment During the Toddler and Preschool Years / Robert S. Marvin

9. Sexual Orientation as a Developmental Context for Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals: Biological Perspectives / Ritch C. Savin-Williams, Lisa M. Diamond

10. What Can the Genotype Tell Us About Complex Human Conditions? / Peter H. Wolff

Section IV Naturalistic Studies of Behavior: How Does a Cross-Cultural Approach Inform Ongoing Research? / Carol Cronin Weisfeld

11. Why Do Hadza Children Forage? / Nicholas G. Blurton Jones, Kristin Hawkes, James F. OiConnell

12. Expression or Communication About Emotion / Paul Ekman

13. Mother-Infant Interaction in Cross-Cultural Perspective / Robert A. Levine

14. Marriage in Cross-Cultural Perspective / Carol Weisfeld

Section V Evolutionary Analyses: New Issues and Continuing Controversies / Glenn E. Weisfeld

15. Genetic Basis of Intrapsychic Conflict / Robert L. Trivers

16. Happiness in Evolutionary Perspective / Jerome H. Barkow

17. Discrete Emotions Theory With Specific Reference to Pride and Shame / Glenn E. Weisfeld

Section VI Film Retrospective: The Method and the Medium / Daniel G. Freedman

18. Film Commentary: Constitutional and Environmental Interactions in Rearing Four Breed of Dogs / John Paul Scott

19. Film Commentary: Development of the Smile and Fear of Strangers, With an Inquiry Into Inheritance of Behavior and Cross-Cultural Differences in Newborn Behavior / Lewis P. Lipsitt

Section VII Behavior Genetics, Human Ethology, Evolutionary Psychology, and Culture: Looking to the Future / Nancy L. Segal

20. Pair Bonding Deconstructed by Twin Studies of Marital Status: What is Normative? / Susan L. Trumbetta, Irving I. Gottesman

21. An Ethological Perspective on Normal Behavior Especially as It Relates to Mating Systems / Wolfgang M. Schleidt

22. Evolving Beyond Evolutionary Psychology: A Look at Family Violence / Roger J. R. Levesque

Section VIII Final Overview: Uniting Psychology and Biology / Glenn E. Weisfeld, Carol C. Weisfeld, Nancy L. Segal.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

155798428X

OCLC:

36582070