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PRIMATE PSYCHOLOGY

 
 Edited by Dario Maestripieri
 Harvard University Press, 2003
 
 FROM THE DUST JACKET
 
 In more ways than we may sometimes care to acknowledge, the human being is
 just another primate-it is certainly only very rarely that researchers
 into cognition, emotion, personality, and behavior in our species and in
 other primates come together to compare notes and share insights. This
 book, one of the few comprehensive attempts at integrating behavioral
 research into human and nonhuman primates, does precisely that-and in
 doing so, offers a clear, in-depth look at the mutually enlightening work
 being done in psychology and primatology.
 
 Relying on theories of behavior derived from psychology rather than
 ecology or biological anthropology, the authors, internationally known
 experts in primatology and psychology, focus primarily on social processes
 in areas including aggression, conflict resolution, sexuality, attachment,
 parenting, social development and affiliation, cognitive development,
 social cognition, personality, emotions, vocal and nonvocal communication,
 cognitive neuroscience, and psychopathology. They show nonhuman primates
 to be far more complex, cognitively and emotionally, than was once
 supposed, with provocative implications for our understanding of
 supposedly unique human characteristics. Arguing that both human and
 nonhuman primates are distinctive for their wide range of
 context-sensitive behaviors, their work makes a powerful case for the
 future integration of human and primate behavioral research.
 
 DARIO MAESTRIPIERI is Associate Professor of Human Development,
 Psychology, and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago.
 
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 Preface    vii
 
 1. The Past, Present, and Future of Primate Psychology    1
 Dario Maestripieri
 
 2. Aggression    17
 J. Dee Higley
 
 3. Conflict Resolution    41
 Peter G.Judge
 
 4. Sexuality    69
 Kim Wallen, Julia L. Zehr, Rebecca A. Herman, and Franklynn C. Graves
 5. Attachment    108
 Dario Maestripieri
 
 6. Parenting    144
 Lynn A. Fairbanks
 
 7. Social Development and Affiliation    171
 James R. Roney and Dario Maestripieri
 
 8. Comparing Cognitive Development    205
 Jesse M. Bering and Daniel J. Povinelli
 
 9. Social Cognition    234
 Josep Call and Michael Tomasello
 
 10. Personality    254
 Samuel D. Gosling, Scott O. Lilienfeld, and Lori Marino
 
 11. Emotions and Behavioral Flexibility    289
 Filippo Aureli and Andrew Whiten
 
 12. Nonvocal Communication    324
 Lisa A. Parr and Dario Maestripieri
 
 13. Nonlinguistic Vocal Commurrication    359
 Michael J. Owren, Drew Rendall, and Jo-Anne Bachorowski
 
 14. Language    395
 Duane M. Rumbaugh, Michael J. Beran, and E. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh
 
 15. Brain Substrates for Communication, Cognition, and Handedness     424
 William D. Hopkins, Dawn L. Pilcher, and Claudio Cantalupo
 
 16. Psychopathology    451
 Alfonso Troisi
 
 References    473
 Contributors    605
 Index    609
 
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 ISBN: 067401152X (hardcover) $65.00 USD
 
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 Direct link to the HUP catalog entry:
 http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/MAEPRI.html

Posted Date: 11/25/03

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