Comparative Psychology

Josep Call (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

184 Seiten

2025
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-886549-0 (ISBN)

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A comprehensive and balanced introduction to comparative psychology that combines behavioural, psychological and biological insights, and encourages students to make connections within and beyond psychology.

An accessible and thought-provoking introduction to the field of comparative psychology. Combining behavioural, psychological and biological insights, students are encouraged to make connections within and beyond psychology, while discussion of cutting-edge research stimulates students to explore the topic further.

Key Features
- The only up-to-date and student-oriented introductory textbook on comparative psychology.
- Essential knowledge is clearly conveyed through an understanding of the mechanisms governing animal behaviour, its evolution, and its development.
- Provides a comprehensive and balanced coverage of the field by combining behavioural, psychological and neurophysiological insights.
- A forward-thinking introduction which not only explains the history of comparative psychology thought, but critiques the on-going research within the field.
- Illustrations and images help to demonstrate key points and increase students' engagement with the topic.

Digital Formats and Resources
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Josep Call is a comparative psychologist specializing in primate cognition, Wardlaw Professor in the Evolutionary Origins of Mind at the University of St Andrews, and co-Director of the Global Research Centre for Diverse Intelligences of the University of St Andrews.

1: Introduction
Part I: Survival
2: Navigation and Homing
3: Finding and Hoarding Food
4: Extracting and Processing Food
5: Predator and Anti-Predatory Behaviour
Part II: Reproduction
6: Acquiring and Maintaining Territories
7: Courtship and Reproduction
8: Parental Behaviour and Offspring Development
Part III: Social Life
9: Individuals and Groups
10: Acts and Signals
11: Friends and Foes

Erscheinungsdatum	15.05.2025
Zusatzinfo	66 figures, 12 photos, 16 tables
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	190 x 247 mm
Gewicht	326 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
ISBN-10	0-19-886549-X / 019886549X
ISBN-13	978-0-19-886549-0 / 9780198865490
Zustand	Neuware