Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 1987, Volume 35 - Comparative Perspectives in Modern Psychology

The study of animal behavior throws light on everything said to be "natural": social and family relations, mating, communication, and learning. Comparative Perspectives in Modern Psychology illustrates that human behavior is best understood through a method of comparative psychology, based on evolutionary theory that views behavior as the result of the complex interplay of genetics and environment. Contents include: "The Comparative Psychology of Monogamy" by Donald A. Dewsbury; "Coming to Terms with the Everyday Language of Comparative Psychology" by Meredith J. West and Andrew P. King; "The Darwinian Psychology of Discriminative Parental Solicitude" by Martin Daly and Margo Wilson; "A Comparative Approach to Vocal Communication" by Charles T. Snowdon; "A New Look at Ape Language: Comprehension of Vocal Speech and Syntax" by Sue Savage-Rumbaugh; "A Synthetic Approach to the Study of Animal Intelligence" by Alan C. Kamil.

Product details

• Authors: Donald A. Dewsbury, Nebraska Symposium
• Assisted by: Richard Dienstbier (Editor), Daniel W Leger (Editor), Daniel W. Leger (Editor)
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.1988
• EAN: 9780803279261
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-7926-1
• No. of pages: 327
• Weight: 482 g
• Series: Nebraska Symposium on Motivation; Current Theory and Research in; Nebraska Symposium on Motivation; Nebraska Symposium on Motivati
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology