The purpose of this chapter is to present a general framework for studying the development
of behavior. Kruijt (1964) proposed that, in young animals, the motor components of …

The purpose of this chapter is to present a general framework for studying the development
of behavior. The thesis to be defended here is that the building blocks of behavior are …

Presents a supplemental version of a 1967 treatise on conceptual issues in the study of
animal behavior. The need to establish multidisciplinary centers for developmental studies …

Contains the proceedings of the symposium on the Comparative and Evolutionary Aspects
of Behavioral Development presented in 1977 at the annual meeting of the Animal Behavior …

Although prominence has been given to genes in much biological writing about
development, gene expression is such that simple deterministic and additive arguments …

Behavior systems are particular organizations of cognitive structures that are called behavior
mechanisms: perceptual, central, and motor. Thus, behavior systems are defined here in …

The concept of development, connoting a pattern of changes occurring in a system through
time, is fundamental to the psychological study of animals. But a comparative psychology as …

ANIMAL behavior, long an attractive theme with students of natural history, has in recent
times become the centre of interest to investigators in the field of pyschogenesis. The study …

This chapter is written in an effort to deal with these questions: When does behavior begin?
How does behavior develop during the early weeks and months of life? The material …

Comparative psychology emphasizes similarities and differences between levels in both the
abilities and the organization of behavior. Studies of the organization of species-typical …