Patrick Bateson (1938–2017)
Författare till Design for a Life: How Behavior and Personality Develop
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Foto taget av: Patrick Bateson in Armidale, New South Wales, with a tawny frogmouth before it was returned to its natural habitat.
Verk av Patrick Bateson
Growing points in ethology : based on a conference sponsored by St. John's College and King's College, Cambridge (1976) 6 exemplar
O Projeto da Vida: como genética e ambiente interagem na formação do comportamento e da personalidade (2000) 2 exemplar
Play, Playfulness, Creative, and Innovation 1 exemplar
Measuring Behaviour: An Introductory Guide 1 exemplar
Growing Points in Ethology 1 exemplar
Perspectives in Ethology 1 exemplar
Animal Behaviour journals, single volume 15 1 exemplar
Animal Behaviour journals, single volume 14 1 exemplar
Animal Behaviour journal, volume 16 1 exemplar
Animal Behaviour, volume 17 1 exemplar
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- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Bateson, Paul Patrick Gordon
- Andra namn
- Bateson, P. P. G.
- Födelsedag
- 1938-03-31
- Avled
- 2017-08-01
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Födelseort
- Chinnor, England, UK
- Utbildning
- University of Cambridge (BA - Zoology, PhD - Animal Behaviour)
- Yrken
- biologist
university professor - Organisationer
- King's College, Cambridge
Zoological Society of London - Priser och utmärkelser
- Knight Bachelor, 2003
FRS, 1983
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Statistik
- Verk
- 20
- Även av
- 1
- Medlemmar
- 232
- Popularitet
- #97,292
- Betyg
- 3.6
- Recensioner
- 2
- ISBN
- 54
- Språk
- 1
In Design for a Life, Bateson and Martin look at how the interaction of nature and nurture affect human behavior. While the book does sample many bits of interesting research covering the subjects, it feels light on details and cursory in its explorations.
Design skips around quickly from subject to subject as the authors explore various points in the debate and research into how nature (genetics) and nurture (parenting and environment) determine human behavior. They look at numerous studies involved in isolating influences and discuss whether this points toward genetic or epigenetic sourcing.
While the book does stay on message and maintains a decent narrative, the manner in which the research and details were interjected felt muddled and off-the-mark. Often, the authors jump from one study to another to another without a solid narrative bridge to keep the reader interested. At times, the authors simply describe the basic results of a study without much analysis or integration into the larger argument. I feel a more streamlined and judicious selection of included research would have left more room for a proper presentation of the data without leaving the discussion feeling underwhelming on substance and detail.
Still, Design has many good points and provides a nice overview of the landscape of the nature / nurture argument as it stood at the time of publication in 2001. While not the best book I've read on the subject, it still holds value for the interested reader of biology, genetics, psychology, and behavior. Three stars.… (mer)