Biological Perspectives
Author : Biological Sciences Curriculum Studies
Publisher :
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 38,47 MB
Release : 2006-01-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780757525704
Social Learning
Author : Thomas R. Zentall
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 50,4 MB
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1317766881
Book Description
First published in 1988. During the past decade there has been a marked increase in the number of North American and European laboratories engaged in the study of social learning. As a consequence, evidence is rapidly accumulating that in animals, as in humans, social interaction plays an important role in facilitating development of adaptive patterns of behavior. Experimenters are isolated both by the phenomena they study and by the species with which they work. The process of creating a coherent field out of the diversity of current social learning research is likely to be both long and difficult. It the authors’ hope, that the present volume may prove a useful first step in bringing order to a diverse field.
Biological Information--new Perspectives
Author : Robert Jackson Marks (II)
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company Incorporated
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 32,82 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9789814508711
Book Description
In the spring of 2011, a diverse group of scientists gathered at Cornell University to discuss their research into the nature and origin of biological information. This symposium brought together experts in information theory, computer science, numerical simulation, thermodynamics, evolutionary theory, whole organism biology, developmental biology, molecular biology, genetics, physics, biophysics, mathematics, and linguistics. This volume presents new research by those invited to speak at the conference. The contributors to this volume use their wide-ranging expertise in the area of biological information to bring fresh insights into the explanatory difficulties that biological information raises. Going beyond the conventional scientific wisdom, which attempts to explain biological information reductionistically via chemical, genetic, and natural selective determinants, the work represented here develops novel non-reductionist approaches to biological information, looking notably to telic and self-organizational processes. Several clear themes emerged from these research papers: 1) Information is indispensable to our understanding of what life is. 2) Biological information is more than the material structures that embody it. 3) Conventional chemical and evolutionary mechanisms seem insufficient to fully explain the labyrinth of information that is life. By exploring new perspectives on biological information, this volume seeks to expand, encourage, and enrich research on the nature and origin of biological information.
Understanding Abnormal Psychology
Author : Pamilla Ramsden
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 681 pages
File Size : 43,20 MB
Release : 2013-04-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1446291405
Book Description
Understanding Abnormal Psychology provides a thorough understanding of abnormal psychology with a focus on the integration of psychology, biology and health. It goes beyond a descriptive overview of clinical disorders to provide a critical appreciation of the multifaceted aspects of mental illness. Each disorder is clearly and succinctly explained with the support of case studies. These examples are then used to introduce the debates surrounding current research, the biology of abnormal disorders and standards of treatment. The bridge between the biological elements of brain functioning and the psychological mechanisms that are responsible for coping and adjustment is thoroughly explored. This valuable consideration of the range of elements involved in the diagnosis and treatment of clinical disorders will provide you with a broad and critical understanding of this complex and fascinating field. The companion website has a number of useful features for students, including a flipcard glossary of key terms from the textbook and a test bank of interactive self-assessment multiple-choice questions.
Human Aging
Author : Augustine Gaspar DiGiovanna
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 20,73 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN :
Book Description
This text provides comprehensive coverage of biological aspects of human ageing at a level accessible to students with little or no science background. It is aimed at students pursuing a career working with, or for, the elderly. Each system is covered in its own chapter. Individual chapters present the structure and function of each body system, followed by natural age changes, and conclude with abnormal changes or diseased conditions of the elderly. Homeostasis is a unifying theme throughout the text: systems are presented relative to the body's ability to maintain homeostasis and good health is the main theme.
Biological Distance Analysis
Author : Marin A. Pilloud
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 39,41 MB
Release : 2016-07-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 0128019719
Book Description
Biological Distance Analysis: Forensic and Bioarchaeological Perspectives synthesizes research within the realm of biological distance analysis, highlighting current work within the field and discussing future directions. The book is divided into three main sections. The first section clearly outlines datasets and methods within biological distance analysis, beginning with a brief history of the field and how it has progressed to its current state. The second section focuses on approaches using the individual within a forensic context, including ancestry estimation and case studies. The final section concentrates on population-based bioarchaeological approaches, providing key techniques and examples from archaeological samples. The volume also includes an appendix with additional resources available to those interested in biological distance analyses. - Defines datasets and how they are used within biodistance analysis - Applies methodology to individual and population studies - Bridges the sub-fields of forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology - Highlights current research and future directions of biological distance analysis - Identifies statistical programs and datasets for use in biodistance analysis - Contains cases studies and thorough index for those interested in biological distance analyses
Biological Perspectives on Human Pigmentation
Author : Ashley H. Robins
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 31,44 MB
Release : 2005-09-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521020206
Book Description
Skin color is perhaps the most decisive and abused physical characteristic of humankind. This book presents a multidisciplinary overview of how and why human populations vary so markedly in their skin color. The biological aspects of the pigment cell and its production of melanin are reviewed. The functions of melanin in the skin, brain, eye and ear are considered, and the common clinical abnormalities of pigmentation, such as albinism, are described and illustrated. Detailed reflectance data from worldwide surveys of skin color are also presented. Next, historical and contemporary backgrounds of the phenomenon are explored in relation to the so-called color problem in society. Finally, the possible evolutionary forces that shape human pigmentation are assessed.
Biological Extinction
Author : Partha Dasgupta
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 15,19 MB
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1108482287
Book Description
Questions why species are becoming extinct, and how we can protect the natural world on which we all depend.
Gender and Parenthood
Author : W. Bradford Wilcox
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 48,84 MB
Release : 2013-02-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0231530978
Book Description
The essays in this collection deploy biological and social scientific perspectives to evaluate the transformative experience of parenthood for today's women and men. They map the similar and distinct roles mothers and fathers play in their children's lives and measure the effect of gendered parenting on child well-being, work and family arrangements, and the quality of couples' relationships. Contributors describe what happens to brains and bodies when women become mothers and men become fathers; whether the stakes are the same or different for each sex; why, across history and cultures, women are typically more involved in childcare than men; why some fathers are strongly present in their children's lives while others are not; and how the various commitments men and women make to parenting shape their approaches to paid work and romantic relationships. Considering recent changes in men's and women's familial duties, the growing number of single-parent families, and the impassioned tenor of same-sex marriage debates, this book adds sound scientific and theoretical insight to these issues, constituting a standout resource for those interested in the causes and consequences of contemporary gendered parenthood.
Alkaloids
Author : S. William Pelletier
Publisher :
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 13,51 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Alkaloids
ISBN :
