Principios y reglas del desarrollo del comportamiento

• Autores: Fernando Colmenares, María Victoria Hernández Lloreda
• Localización: EduPsykhé: Revista de psicología y educación, ISSN 1579-0207, Vol. 1, Nº. 1, 2002, págs. 155-176
• Idioma: español
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  • español

    El cambio constituye una propiedad intrínseca de los seres vivos y conocer cómo y por qué cambia el comportamiento durante la vida de un organismo ha constituido históricamente un importante desafío dentro de la ciencia del comportamiento. En este artículo presentamos una panorámico de algunos de los conceptos, teorías y debates que han sido claves en el área del comportamiento animal y humano. Se exploran aspectos toles como la capacidad de los organismos de alcanzar las mismas metas ontogenéticas a través de rutas alternativas (equifinalidad}; el debate sobre si existe continuidad en la ontogenia, la plasticidad o maleabilidad comportamental; cambios en la sensibilidad de los organismos a entradas de diferentes fuentes, internas y externas, etc. Tanto las especies como los individuos difieren en su capacidad para cambiar su comportamiento y así adaptarse mejor a las condiciones cambiantes. No obstante, quedan aún importantes lagunas de conocimiento en el terreno de los principios y reglas que guían el desarrollo del comportamiento, su universalidad o especificidad de dominio.

  • English

    Change is an intrinsic property of living beings, and to unravel how and why behaviour develops during an organism's lifespan has traditionally posed a major challenge in behavioural science.

    In this paper, we present a brief overview of some of the key concepts, theories and debates in the field of animal and human behavioural development.

    We explore such fundamental topics as equifinality (that allows organisms to reach the same developmental endpoints through alternative developmental pathways); continuity vs. discontinuity in behavioural development; why the sensitivity that organisms show to inputs from different sources (internal and external) changes over the course of development and so on. It is clear that species and individuals differ often strongly in their ability to change their behaviour so as to better adapt to changing circumstances. What is not yet clear enough is what are the principles and rules that guide behavioural development and to what extent they are universal, species-typical or domainspecific.

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