The Marvelous Learning Animal: What Makes Human Behavior Unique

by Arthur W. Staats

What makes us human? In recent decades, researchers have focused on innate tendencies and inherited traits as explanations for human behavior, especially in light of groundbreaking human genome research. The author thinks this trend is misleading. As he shows in great detail in this engaging, thought-provoking, and highly informative book, what makes our species unique is our marvelous ability to learn, which is an ability that no other primate possesses...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616145978
• ISBN13: 9781616145972
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"