Sociobiology: The New Synthesis
Monograph
By: Edward O. Wilson
Date: 1975
Source: Wilson, Edward O. Sociobiology: The New Synthesis. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press/Harvard University Press, 1975, 254–255.
About the Author: Edward Osborn Wilson (1929–) was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and received a Ph.D. in entomology from Harvard University in 1955. An authority on ants, he has published articles and books on their behavior. He became professor at Harvard in 1956 and published Sociobiology in 1975, arguing that genes predispose humans to behave within a narrow range of options. In 1990, he shared Sweden's prestigious Crafoord Prize with Stanford University biologist Paul Ehrlich.
Introduction
In the early 20th century, American psychologists John B. Watson and B.F. Skinner founded behaviorism. They sought to measure and record behavior as a scientist gathers data from an...
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