Advances in the study of behavior. Volume 15 / edited by Jay S. Rosenblatt ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rosenblatt, Jay S.

Series:

Advances in the study of behavior ; v. 15.

Advances in the study of behavior ; v. 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal behavior.

Human behavior.

Psychology, Comparative.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 p.)

Place of Publication:

Orlando : Academic Press, 1985.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

ADVANCES IN THE STUDY OF BEHAVIOR V 15

Contents:

Front Cover; Advances in The Study of Behavior, Volume 15; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Sex Differences in Social Play: The Socialization of Sex Roles; I. Introduction; II. Determinants of Sex Differences in Social Play; III. The Function of Social Play; IV. Conclusion; References; Chapter 2. On the Functions of Play and Its Role in Behavioral Development; I. Introduction; II. Defining Play; III. Existing Evidence Concerning the Functions of Play; IV. Play May Have No Major Benefits; V. Theoretical Problems in Detecting the Benefits of Play

VI. Methodological IssuesVII. Summary; References; Chapter 3. Sensory Factors in the Behavioral Ontogeny of Altricial Birds; I. Introduction; II. Organization of Natural Behavior in the Nestling; III. Development of Acoustic Sensitivity; IV. Role of Audition in the Organization of Defense Behavior; V. Ontogeny of Some Visual Mechanisms; VI . Complexity of Behavior Organization in Early Postembryonic Development; VII. Discussion and Conclusions; References; Chapter 4. Food Storage by Birds and Mammals; I. Introduction; II. Memory and the Recovery of Stored Food

III. Social Consequences of CachingIV. Economics and Decision Making; V. Food Storing and Food Plants; VI. Conclusions; References; Chapter 5. Vocal Affect Signaling: A Comparative Approach; I. Introduction; II. Empirical Evidence on Vocal Indicators of Emotion; III. A Psychobiological Approach to Emotion; IV. Emotional Determinants of Vocalization; V. The Component Patterning Theory of Vocal Affect Expression; VI. Cross-Species Universality in the Component Patterning of Vocal Expression; VII. Conclusion; References

Chapter 6. A Response-Competition Model Designed to Account for the Aversion to Feed on Conspecific FleshI. Introduction; II. The Aversion by Norway Rats to Feed on Conspecific Flesh; III. A Response-Competition Model; IV. Constraining Intraspecific Predation via Response-Competition; References; Index; Contents of Previous Volumes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-73843-3

9786611738433

0-08-058276-1

OCLC:

476215089