Book ID: CBB539842089

Studying Human Behavior: How Scientists Investigate Aggression and Sexuality (2013)

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Longino, Helen E. (Author)


University of Chicago Press


Publication Date: 2013
Physical Details: 256 pages
Language: English

In Studying Human Behavior, Helen E. Longino enters into the complexities of human behavioral research, a domain still dominated by the age-old debate of “nature versus nurture.” Rather than supporting one side or another or attempting to replace that dichotomy with a different framework for understanding behavior, Longino focuses on how scientists study it, specifically sexual behavior and aggression, and asks what can be known about human behavior through empirical investigation. She dissects five approaches to the study of behavior—quantitative behavioral genetics, molecular behavior genetics, developmental psychology, neurophysiology and anatomy, and social/environmental methods—highlighting the underlying assumptions of these disciplines, as well as the different questions and mechanisms each addresses. She also analyzes efforts to integrate different approaches. Longino concludes that there is no single “correct” approach but that each contributes to our overall understanding of human behavior. In addition, Longino reflects on the reception and transmission of this behavioral research in scientific, social, clinical, and political spheres. A highly significant and innovative study that bears on crucial scientific questions, Studying Human Behavior will be essential reading not only for scientists and philosophers but also for science journalists and anyone interested in the engrossing challenges of understanding human behavior.

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Authors & Contributors
Haynes, April Rose
Sharman Levinson
Sylvie Chaperon
Kateřina Lišková
Camille Noûs
Alain Giami
Concepts
Sexual behavior
Sexuality
Physiological psychology
Human physiology
Psychology
Sexology
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
18th century
17th century
Early modern
Places
United States
Italy
Georgia (Republic)
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Germany
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