Advances in the study of behavior. Volume 10 / edited by Jay S.Rosenblatt ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rosenblatt, Jay S.

Series:

Advances in the study of behavior ; v. 10.

Advances in the study of behavior ; v. 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal behavior.

Human behavior.

Psychology, Comparative.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Academic Press, c1979.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

ADVANCES IN THE STUDY OF BEHAVIOR V 10

Contents:

Front Cover; Advances in The Study of Behavior, Volume 10; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Contents of Previous Volumes; Chapter 1. Learning, Change, and Evolution: An Enquiry into the Teleonomy of Learning; I. Introduction; II. The Teleonomy of Learning: Why Some Animals Learn; III. Implications; IV. Concluding Comments; References; Chapter 2. Social Behavior, Group Structure, and the Control of Sex Reversal in Hermaphroditic Fish; I. Introduction; II. The Phenomena of Sex Reversal; III. The Control of Sex Reversal; IV. Sex Reversal and Group Structure; V. Conclusion

ReferencesChapter 3. Mammalian Social Odors: A Critical Review; I. Odor Classification; II. Individual Odors; III. Colony Odors; IV. Species-Typical Odors; V. Age-Specific Odors; VI. Sex-Specific Odors; VII. Rut Odors; VIII. Odors and Social Status; IX. Odors of Stress; X. Maternal Odors; XI. Summary; References; Chapter 4. The Development of Friendly Approach Behavior in the Cat: A Study of Kitten-Mother Relations and the Cognitive Development of the Kitten from Birth to Eight Weeks; I. Introductory Frames of Reference

II. The Four Patterns of Friendly Approach Behavior and Their Socialization by Cats and by Human CompanionsIII. Review of Literature; IV. Subjects and Type of Data Collected; V. Role of the Human Partner and of the Natural Mother; VI. Birth to Four Weeks Four Days, SI's (Emy's) Kittens: Nest Stage (Suckling Technique); VII. Four Weeks Five Days-Seven Weeks Six Days: Expansion of Focus to Include Small, Movable, Inanimate Objects as Food and Toys (Development of Dead Prey Handling Technique); VIII Summary of Birth-Seven-Weeks Six-Days Kitten Development and Friendly Approach Behavior

ReferencesChapter 5. Progress in the Study of Maternal Behavior in the Rat: Hormonal, Nonhormonal, Sensory, and Developmental Aspects; I. Introduction; II. Onset of Maternal Behavior; III. Postpartum Maternal Behavior; IV. Transition in the Regulation of Maternal Behavior: Transition Period; V. Maternal Behavior in Nonpregnant Females; VI. Olfaction and Maternal Behavior; VII. Developmental Aspects of Maternal Behavior; VIII. Concluding Statement; Appendix; References; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-73838-7

9786611738389

0-08-058271-0

OCLC:

476215072