Comparative Perspectives in Modern PsychologyDaniel W. Leger 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. |
Contents
Meredith J West and Coming to Terms With the Everyday | 51 |
Martin Daly and The Darwinian Psychology of Discrimi | 91 |
Charles T Snowdon A Comparative Approach to Vocal Com | 145 |
Compre | 201 |
Alan C Kamil A Synthetic Approach to the Study | 257 |
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