title: Developing a framework for development: a discussion.
abstract: A multitude of scientific disciplines study the development of behavior. Their use of different methodological and conceptual approaches makes integration of findings difficult. In a symposium at the 38th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology in Washington DC, the question was discussed if a general theory of development could unify the field. The three participants explain their views and discuss the possibility of a theoretical framework for development.
authors.affiliation: Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bateson
authors.forename: Myron
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hofer
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Oppenheim
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wiedenmayer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D035841:Behavioral Research / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005075:Biological Evolution; D015509:Developmental Biology