Advances in the Study of Behavior
Academic Press
Published on 17. April 1985
277 pages
978-0-08-058276-4 (ISBN)
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Advances in the Study of Behavior
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Advances in the Study of Behaviour: v. 15
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04/1985
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- 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 Issues
- VII. 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 Caching
- IV. 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 Flesh
- I. 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
