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Aspects and Prospects of the Concept of Instinct

Aspects and Prospects of the Concept of Instinct ASPECTS AND PROSPECTS OF THE CONCEPT OF INSTINCT (VICISSITUDES OF THE HIERARCHY THEORY) by A. KORTLANDT 1 (Zoological Laboratory, University of Amsterdam) CONTENTS I. The idea of hierarchy in psychoanalytical and child psychology ..... t 56 II. The idea of hierarchy in "hormic" and "dynamic" animal psychology .. i6q. II I. The idea of hierarchy in ethological animal psychology ........ 196 IV. Prospects for future research on hierarchy .............. 22 I § i. The formative function of hierarchy ............... 222 § 2. The regenerative function of hierarchy............. 231 § 3. The priming function of hierarchy ............... 244 § 4. The pathfinding function of hierarchy .............. 253 § 5. Conclusion ......................... 264 Summary .............................. 272 Bibliography ............................. 2'78 In recent years an old field of research, the hierarchy of instincts, has been rediscovered by students of behaviour. Most of these recent work- ers, however, seem to be unaware of the progress that has already been made by many predecessors in this field, and some of them go so far as to claim that the principle of hierarchy is exclusively the discovery of' the school of workers to which they happen to belong. In his book 1 In this paper http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives Néerlandaises de Zoologie (in 1967 continued as Netherlands Journal of Zoology) Brill

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© 1956 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0365-5164
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1875-3019
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10.1163/036551656X00058
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ASPECTS AND PROSPECTS OF THE CONCEPT OF INSTINCT (VICISSITUDES OF THE HIERARCHY THEORY) by A. KORTLANDT 1 (Zoological Laboratory, University of Amsterdam) CONTENTS I. The idea of hierarchy in psychoanalytical and child psychology ..... t 56 II. The idea of hierarchy in "hormic" and "dynamic" animal psychology .. i6q. II I. The idea of hierarchy in ethological animal psychology ........ 196 IV. Prospects for future research on hierarchy .............. 22 I § i. The formative function of hierarchy ............... 222 § 2. The regenerative function of hierarchy............. 231 § 3. The priming function of hierarchy ............... 244 § 4. The pathfinding function of hierarchy .............. 253 § 5. Conclusion ......................... 264 Summary .............................. 272 Bibliography ............................. 2'78 In recent years an old field of research, the hierarchy of instincts, has been rediscovered by students of behaviour. Most of these recent work- ers, however, seem to be unaware of the progress that has already been made by many predecessors in this field, and some of them go so far as to claim that the principle of hierarchy is exclusively the discovery of' the school of workers to which they happen to belong. In his book 1 In this paper

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Published: Jan 1, 1956

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