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sociobiology|ˌsəʊʃɪəʊbaɪˈɒlɒdʒɪ, ˌsəʊsɪəʊ-|
[f. socio- + biology.]
The study of the biological, esp. the ecological and evolutionary, bases of social behaviour.
1946J. P. Scott in Minutes Conf. Genetics & Social Behaviour 5 The central objective of the scientific method is the development of generalizations which are as nearly true as possible... The zoologists and psychologists who work with animals can do their part to help extend these generalizations by working toward the development of comparative sociology, or perhaps it may be called psychobiology or sociobiology. 1948C. F. Hockett in Amer. Scientist XXXVI. 564 Since there is no generally accepted word for just what we mean, we can, for the purposes of the present discussion, coin one. On the analogy of biophysics we shall speak of sociobiology. 1950J. P. Scott in Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. LI. 1004 An interdisciplinary science which lies between the fields of biology (particularly ecology and physiology) and psychology and sociology. Many names have been given to it, but perhaps the best and most descriptive is ‘sociobiology’. 1975E. O. Wilson Sociobiology i. 4/1 Sociobiology is defined as the systematic study of the biological basis of all social behaviour. 1976Ann. Rev. Microbiol. XXX. 236 One of the most exciting aspects of this new field of sociobiology is the chemical control of behavioral responses. 1979Nature 2 Aug. 427/1 The widespread identification of ‘sociobiology’ with a school of thought is an undeniable fact of current biological sociology.
Hence ˌsociobiˈologist, one who studies sociobiology.
1975Times 29 Dec. 5/1 Interest is growing in the theories of sociobiologists who seek to prove that most human social behaviour has genetic origins. 1980Daily Tel. 10 Mar. 12/8 Sociobiologists hope their theory of behaviour, which seems at present to apply only to individuals, can be expanded into a science which could analyse humanity as a whole. |