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Feral Children and Clever Animals
In this provocative book, Douglas Candland shows that as we begin to understand the way animals and non-speaking humans "think," we hold up a mirror of sorts to our own mental world, and gain profound insights into human nature. Weaving together diaries, contemporary newspaper accounts, and his own enlightening commentary, Candland brings to life a series of extraordinary stories. He begins with a look at past efforts to civilize feral children. We meet Victor, the Wild Boy of Aveyron, now famous as the subject of a Truffaut film; Kaspar Hauser, raised in a cell, civilized, and then assassinated; and the Wolf Girls of India, found early this century huddled among wolf pups in a forest den (t...
Emotion
The concept of emotion is central to our understanding of ourselves. Since Darwin's writings, our view of emotion, our origins, and ourselves has changed. Emotion, published in 1977, is the work of six authors each writing about emotion from different perspectives, but, based on year-long conversations with one another about their ideas, in ways that provide a comprehensive account of the ways in which we understand ourselves. Chapter 1 (Douglas K. Candland) places the concept of emotion in historical perspective, showing how persistent issues reappear and re-evolve; Chapters 2 and 3 (Hormones and Emotion; the Nervous System and Emotion) by Alan I. Leshner and Roger M. Tarpy are areas in which significant advances have occurred since the publication of this book, yet the issues they lay out remain contemporary. Chapter 4, by Robert Plutchik offers an evolutionary vie of how cognition and emotion are related. Ernest Keen provides, in Chapter 5, an analysis of Freud and Jung's theories of emotion. In Chapter 6, Joseph P. Fell offers a statement and analysis of phenomenological theories of emotion. Taken together, these chapters offer a rich analysis of human thinking about emotions.
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Feral Children and Clever Animals
Candland argues, through an array of examples from the literature on feral children and clever animals, that the ways in which we human beings construct our understanding of these minds tells us more about our own minds than about those of the beings we select for study.
Exploring Behavior: An Introduction to Psychology
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Conservation of Endangered Species in Captivity
This multi-disciplinary approach to conservation of endangered species in captivity is organized taxonomically and by scientific discipline. The seven taxonomic groups included are invertebrates; fish, reptiles and amphibians, birds, marine mammals, primates, and other mammals. Within each taxonomic group, four scientific disciplines are explored: conservation, reproductive physiology, behavior, and captive design. Conservation chapters summarize the status of the taxonomic group both in the wild and in captivity. Reviewed in the reproductive physiology chapters are anatomy, endocrinology and physiology for females and males of the taxonomic group. In the section on behavior the functions of captive animal research, the methods used, and the problems encountered are discussed. And, in examining captive design the authors provide a general historical outline of the philosophies, trends, and scientific issues for the targeted taxonomic group.
National Directory of Educational Programs in Gerontology
Designed to inform educators, professionals, and students about gerontology-related courses, degree programs, educational services, and training programs in 1275 institutions in the United States, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Canal Zone. Geographical arrangement. Entries include coded identifying information of institution, address, contact person, and descriptive information. College, subject indexes.
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