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The Language of Science Ser.: New Aspects of Human Ethology by K. Sigmund (1997, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSpringer

ISBN-100306456958

ISBN-139780306456954

eBay Product ID (ePID)1018197

Product Key Features

Number of PagesXi, 239 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameNew Aspects of Human Ethology

Publication Year1997

SubjectLife Sciences / Neuroscience, Life Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, General, Life Sciences / Zoology / Ethology (Animal Behavior), Clinical Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology, Physiological Psychology

TypeTextbook

AuthorK. Sigmund

Subject AreaScience, Psychology

SeriesThe Language of Science Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight55 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN97-030572

Dewey Edition21

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal155

Table Of ContentHuman Ethology.- Research on Emotions and Future Developments in Human Ethology.- Play Fighting and Real Fighting.- Games Evolution Plays.- Groups, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language.- The Communication Paradox and Possible Solutions.- Twin Studies of Behavior.- Hormonal Influences on Human Behavior.- Copulation, Masturbation, and Infidelity.

SynopsisRough-and-tumble play provided one of the paradigmatic examples of the appli- tion of ethological methods, back in the 1970's. Since then, a modest number of - searchers have developed our knowledge of this kind of activity, using a variety of methods, and addressing some quite fundamental questions about age changes, sex diff- ences, nature and function of behaviour. In this chapter I will review work on this topic, mentioning particularly the interest in comparing results from different informants and different methods of investigation. Briefly, rough-and-tumble play (or R&T for short) refers to a cluster of behaviours whose core is rough but playful wrestling and tumbling on the ground; and whose general characteristic is that the behaviours seem to be agonistic but in a non-serious, playful c- text. The varieties of R&T, and the detailed differences between rough-and-tumble play and real fighting, will be discussed later. 2. A BRIEF HISTORY OF RESEARCH ON R&T In his pioneering work on human play, Groos (1901) described many kinds of rough-and-tumble play. However, R&T was virtually an ignored topic from then until the late 1960's. There was, of course, a flowering of observational research on children in the 1920s and 1930s, especially in North America; but this research had a strong practical o- entation, and lacked the cross-species perspective and evolutionary orientation present in Groos' work.

LC Classification NumberQH359-425