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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 Psychologyillustrates 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.Leger, Daniel W. is the author of 'Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 1987 Comparative Perspectives in Modern Psychology' with ISBN 9780803279261 and ISBN 0803279264.
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