Patrick Bateson (1938–2017)
Auteur de Design for a Life: How Behavior and Personality Develop
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: Patrick Bateson in Armidale, New South Wales, with a tawny frogmouth before it was returned to its natural habitat.
Œuvres de Patrick Bateson
Growing points in ethology : based on a conference sponsored by St. John's College and King's College, Cambridge (1976) 6 exemplaires
O Projeto da Vida: como genética e ambiente interagem na formação do comportamento e da personalidade (2000) 2 exemplaires
Play, Playfulness, Creative, and Innovation 1 exemplaire
Measuring Behaviour: An Introductory Guide 1 exemplaire
Growing Points in Ethology 1 exemplaire
Perspectives in Ethology 1 exemplaire
Animal Behaviour journals, single volume 15 1 exemplaire
Animal Behaviour journals, single volume 14 1 exemplaire
Animal Behaviour journal, volume 16 1 exemplaire
Animal Behaviour, volume 17 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Bateson, Paul Patrick Gordon
- Autres noms
- Bateson, P. P. G.
- Date de naissance
- 1938-03-31
- Date de décès
- 2017-08-01
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Chinnor, England, UK
- Études
- University of Cambridge (BA - Zoology, PhD - Animal Behaviour)
- Professions
- biologist
university professor - Organisations
- King's College, Cambridge
Zoological Society of London - Prix et distinctions
- Knight Bachelor, 2003
FRS, 1983
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 20
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 231
- Popularité
- #97,643
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 54
- Langues
- 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.… (plus d'informations)