Machiavellian Intelligence II - Extensions and Evaluations

Klappentext Extends and evaluates the Machiavellian Intelligence Hypothesis for intelligence's social basis. Zusammenfassung The 'Machiavellian Intelligence Hypothesis' implies that monkeys! apes! and humans first developed intelligence to manipulate and outmanoeuvre others socially. This new volume extends and evaluates the ideas first explored in 1988 in an essential guide for all those interested in the behavioural sciences! primatology! and evolution. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Machiavellian Intelligence Richard W. Byrne and Andrew Whiten; 2. Friendships, alliances, reciprocity and repair Marina Cords; 3. Why Machiavellian Intelligence may not be Machiavellian Shirley C. Strum, Deborah Forster and Edwin Hutchins; 4. Social intelligence and success: don't be too clever in order to be smart Alain Schmitt and Karl Grammer; 5. Minding the behaviour of deception Marc Hauser; 6. The Machiavellian mindreader Andrew Whiten; 7. Exploiting the expertise of others Anne Russon; 8. Primates' knowledge of their natural habitat: as indicated in foraging Charles R. Menzel; 9. Evolution of the social brain Robert A. Barton and Robin Dunbar; 10. The modularity of social intelligence Gerd Gigerenzer; 11. The technical intelligence hypothesis: an additional evolutionary stimulus to intelligence Richard W. Byrne; 12. Protean primates: the evolution of adaptive unpredictability in competition and courtship Geoffrey Miller; 13. Egalitarian behaviour and the evolution of political intelligence Christopher Boehm; 14. Social intelligence and language: another Rubicon Esther Goody; Index.

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• Authors: Richard W. Whiten Byrne, Andrew (University of St Andrews Whiten
• Assisted by: Whiten Andrew (Editor), Richard W. Byrne (Editor), Byrne Richard W. (Editor), Andrew Whiten (Editor), Whiten Andrew (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.09.1997
• EAN: 9780521550871
• ISBN: 978-0-521-55087-1
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Primatology, Animal behaviour, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Intelligence & reasoning, Ethology and animal behaviour, Primates, Zoology: primates (primatology)