Routledge International Handbook of Comparative Psychology

<p><em>The</em> <i>Routledge International Handbook of Comparative Psychology </i>is an international reference work that offers scientists and students a balanced overview of current research in the field of comparative psychology and animal behavior.</p><p>The book takes an integrative approach to animal behavior, with most of the chapters discussing research involving both proximate (developmental and mechanistic) and ultimate (functional and phylogenetic) levels of analysis. Chapters cover the major ideas of core topics in the field and examine emerging research trends to provide readers deeper understanding of these ideas. One of the strengths of this book is its the coverage of core topics in comparative psychology and animal behavior from different – and diverse – perspectives. The diverse perspectives come from the wide range of focal species studied by chapter authors, a range traditionally quite atypical for comparative psychology, and from the widespread international representation of the authors and the diversity of departments and research centers at which these authors work in. The first part of the <i>Handbook</i> examines historical and foundational principles and theories in the field. The second part focuses on individual behavior systems. The final part of the book is devoted to a diversity of ideas that extend our understanding of behavior into new directions.</p><p><i>The Routledge International Handbook of Comparative Psychology </i>is an essential resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and established academics, as well as others who are interested in comparative psychology and animal behavior.</p> <p><strong>Part 1. Foundations</strong></p><p>Introduction to Handbook</p><p>1. Historical Perspectives on Comparative Psychology and Related Fields</p><p>2. Behaviourism: Past and Present </p><p>3. On strengths and limitations of field, semi-natural captive, and laboratory study settings</p><p>4. Ontogeny of Behavior</p><p>5. Sensation, Perception, and Attention </p><p>6. Motivation and Emotion </p><p>7. Comparative Cognition </p><p>8. Cognitive Ecology</p><p><strong>Part 2. Behavioral Systems</strong></p><p>9. Habitat Selection </p><p>10. Where, what and with whom to eat: towards an integrative study of foraging behaviour</p><p>11. Causal factors in the study of vigilance</p><p>12. Communication</p><p>13. Intraspecific Aggression and Social Dominance</p><p>14. Mating Behaviour </p><p>15. Parental Behaviour </p><p>16. Play behavior: a comparative perspective</p><p><strong>Part 3. Complexities and Interactions</strong></p><p>17. Sociality and Cooperation </p><p>18. Cultural Behaviour in Cetaceans</p><p>19. Tool Use</p><p>20. Bridging the gap between human language and animal vocal communication</p><p>21. Reasoning<em> </em></p><p>22. Deception in Animal Communication</p><p>23. Evolutionary behavioural ecology perspectives on personality in non-human animals</p><p>24. Social Contextual Influences on Behaviour</p><p>25. Network approaches to understanding social organization and complexity</p><p>26. Changing Ideas About Mating Systems</p><p>27. Human mate choice </p><p>28. Bridging the gap: human-animal comparisons </p>