{"product_id":"2026200013569-secondhand-learning-and-instinct-in-animals","title":"Learning And Instinct In Animals","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the crossroads of behavioural science and zoology, W. H. Thorpe's landmark work Learning and Instinct in Animals presents a rigorous and comprehensive examination of how animals acquire behaviour and the extent to which instinct governs their actions. Thorpe, a Fellow of the Royal Society and a pioneering figure in ethology, chronicles the full spectrum of animal learning — from the simplest forms of habituation in invertebrates to the complex problem-solving abilities observed in higher vertebrates — weaving together decades of experimental research with acute theoretical insight. The book systematically details the distinctions and interactions between innate behaviour and learned responses, challenging earlier rigid dichotomies and offering a more nuanced biological framework that transformed how scientists understood animal minds.\n\nA cornerstone text of mid-twentieth-century ethology, this work stands alongside the contributions of Konrad Lorenz and Nikolaas Tinbergen in shaping the modern science of animal behaviour. Thorpe's prose is precise yet accessible, illustrating complex biological concepts with clarity and depth, making the science compelling to both the specialist and the informed general reader. Published at a time when ethology was emerging as a discipline in its own right, this volume remains an essential reference — one that raises enduring questions about the boundaries between nature and nurture that science is still working to answer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203391561947,"sku":"2026200013569-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/6eac685b-d38a-461a-8d5b-20245ef065a0.png?v=1788148348","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013569-secondhand-learning-and-instinct-in-animals","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}