Causal Mechanisms of Behavioural Development [Paperback]

How does behaviour develop in humans and animals? What are the causal mechanisms governing this behaviour? These important questions are addressed in this book.How does behaviour develop in humans and animals? What are the causal mechanisms governing this behaviour? These important questions are addressed in this book, first published in 1994. All the significant conceptual and empirical advances in this study of behavioural development are discussed in this volume by a wide range of scientists from different disciplines.How does behaviour develop in humans and animals? What are the causal mechanisms governing this behaviour? These important questions are addressed in this book, first published in 1994. All the significant conceptual and empirical advances in this study of behavioural development are discussed in this volume by a wide range of scientists from different disciplines.This collection of articles by scientists from various disciplines discusses all the significant conceptual and empirical advances in the study of behavioral development. A special feature of the approach taken here is that learning is considered to be one process contributing to the development of the individual from conception to death. The brain's development is also discussed in relation to behavioral processes.Introduction Jaap Kruijt G. P. Baerends; Part I. Introduction: 1. The concept of cause in the study of behaviour J. A. Hogan; 2. Neurobiological analyses of behavioural mechanisms in development J. J. Bolhuis; Part II. Development of Perceptual and Motor Mechanisms: 3. The neural basis for the acquisition and production of bird song T. J. DeVoogd; 4. Sexual imprinting as a two-stage process H.-J. Bischof; 5. The influence of social interactions on the development of song and sexual preference in birds N. S. Clayton; 6. Perceptual mechanisms in imprinting and song learning C. ten Cate; 7. The development of action patterns K. C. Berridge; Part III. Development of Behaviour SystemlC-