Essay on "Environment and Behavior "An Understanding"

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Environment and Behavior

"an understanding of some phenomenon: why it happens, what causes it, and what limits it" (Bechtel, 1997). A 'good one predicts, summarizes, provides understanding, and is heuristic' (Bechtel, 1997). "Heuristic means tending to provoke discovery" (Bechtel, 1997). 'Four major types are true E&B theories, the person in the environment, social psychological, and environment on the person' )Bechtel, 1997).

GAIA: Lovelock 1979. 'theory is that the atmosphere is maintained at a constant level by a mixture of bacteria, plants, and animals that act together like a living organism' (Bechtel, 1997).

Sociobiology: Wilson, 1975. "the central concept is that it is genes that determine behavior" (Bechtel 1997). Problem is that it doesn't explain altruism (Bechtel, 1997).

Biophilia: Wilson, 1984. 'tendency to preserve the habitat in which they (genes) can grow' (Bechtel, 1997).

Overload: Milgram 1970. Theory is that "we have only a limited capacity to process information, so when we are overloaded there are only so many strategies we can use to decrease the load to a manageable level" (Bechtel, 1997).

Understimulation: AKA sensory deprivation. End result was that ' sensory deprivation began as a method for bringing about mental illness and ended up removing symptoms' (Bechtel, 1979).

Organismic-Holistic: In between sensory deprivation and overload (Bechtel, 1997). Smuts, 1973. "An organism must be seen as a holistic entity, not just the sum of its parts" (Bechtel, 1997). Organism seeks out environment between the two extremes (Bechtel, 1997).

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