PPT-Sociobiology

Sociobiology is any kind of interaction between two or more animals Usually intraspecific Usually represents contests for resources Agonistic behavior involves threatening and submissive behavior often . Ecology and Sociobiology Springer-Verlag 1985 Tail size and female choice in the guppy Poecilia reticulata) J. Bischoff, James L. Gould*, and Daniel I. Rubenstein of Biology, Princeton University, P Ecology and Sociobiology Springer-Verlag 1988 aggression in moorhens Leonard, A.G. Horn, and S.F. Eden of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3E J, Great Britain Received January 26, 1988 David Sloan Wilson 1* and Edward O. Wilson 2 1 Departments of Biology and Anthropology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York, 13903 2 Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxf E. O. Wilson: Sociobiology: The new synthesis(1975) •Most of the book deals with ants and ant social behavior–Recall: ants and other social insects exhibit kin selection•Last chapter: Ecology and Sociobiology Springer-Verlag 1993 duration and sperm precedence in the stalk-eyed fly whitei Diopsidae) D. Lorch l, Gerald S. Wilkinson 1, and Paul R. Reillo 2 Department of Zoology, Uni By:. Randi Scott, Cat Alvarado, and . Sanan. . Mehserdjian. . Fall 2014. Video:. Weird Animal Mating Habits. http://. www.youtube.com. /. watch?v. =K-. LdSHyXO. -Q. Article: . Infanticide Among Animals: An Examination of Reproductive Strategies. Sociobiology is any kind of interaction between two or more animals. Usually . intraspecific. Usually represents contests for resources. Agonistic . behavior involves threatening and submissive behavior, often . Culture. Outcomes:. Investigate various theoretical perspectives and viewpoints that attempt to explain culture. (e.g., structural functionalism, conflict, symbolic interactionism, feminism and post-modern). The. human . beings. . behaviour. Sociobiology. & . instincts. . The. human . beings. . behaviour. Maritza Rojas. Nicole Rodríguez. Victoria Silva. Job Burgos. Introduction. Sociobiology. The. Environment and Heredity. Socialization. Socialization: continuing process whereby an individual acquires a personal identity and learns the norms, values, behaviour, and social skills appropriate to his/her social position.. Human. Behavioral Ecology. Evolutionary . Psychology. Hay Day. 1960s. 1970s. 1990 - . 1990 - . Focus on. Universals;. Continuity with Animals. Universals;. . Function. Variation & Diversity. ;. Function. In The Triumph of Sociobiology, John Alcock reviews the controversy that has surrounded evolutionary studies of human social behavior following the 1975 publication of E.O. Wilson\'s classic, Sociobiology, The New Synthesis. Denounced vehemently as an ideology that has justified social evils and inequalities, sociobiology has survived the assault. Twenty-five years after the field was named by Wilson, the approach he championed has successfully demonstrated its value in the study of animal behavior, including the behavior of our own species. Yet, misconceptions remain--to our disadvantage. In this straight-forward, objective approach to the sociobiology debate, noted animal behaviorist John Alcock illuminates how sociobiologists study behavior in all species. He confronts the chief scientific and ideological objections head on, with a compelling analysis of case histories that involve such topics as sexual jealousy, beauty, gender difference, parent-offspring relations, and rape. In so doing, he shows that sociobiology provides the most satisfactory evolutionary analysis of social behavior today. A clear, evocative, and accurate account of the history and content on the subject, inviting to the student and the general reader alike.--Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University. When Edward O. Wilson published Sociobiology, it generated a firestorm of criticism, mostly focused on the book\'s final chapter, in which Wilson applied lessons learned from animal behavior to human society. In Defenders of the Truth, Ullica Segerstrale takes a hard look at the sociobiology controversy, sorting through a hornet\'s nest of claims and counterclaims, moral concerns, metaphysical beliefs, political convictions, strawmen, red herrings, and much juicy gossip. The result is a fascinating look at the world of modern science. Segerstrale has interviewed all the major participants, including such eminent scientists as Stephen Jay Gould, Richard C. Lewontin, Richard Dawkins, John Maynard Smith, Nobel Laureates Peter Medawar and Salvador Luria, and of course Edward Wilson. She reveals that most of the criticism of Wilson was unfair, but argues that it was not politically motivated. Instead, she sees the conflict over sociobiology as a drawn-out battle about the nature of good science and the social responsibility of the scientist. Behind the often nasty attacks were the very different approaches to science taken by naturalists (such as Wilson) and experimentalists (such as Lewontin), between the planters and the weeders. The protagonists were all defenders of the truth, Segerstrale concludes, it was just that everyone\'s truth was different. Defenders of the Truth touches on grand themes such as the unity of knowledge, human nature, and free will and determinism, and it shows how the sociobiology controversy can shed light on the more recent debates over the Human Genome Project and The Bell Curve. It will appeal to all readers of Edward O. Wilson or Stephen Jay Gould and all those who enjoy a behind-the-scenes peek at modern science.