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Child Nurturance

Studies of Development in Nonhuman Primates

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  • © 1982

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Editors:
  1. Hiram E. Fitzgerald

    1. Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA

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  2. John A. Mullins

    1. Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA

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  3. Patricia Gage

    1. Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA

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Part of the book series: Child Nurturance (CHILDNUR, volume 3)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Malnutrition and Developmental Outcome

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Protein Deprivation and Offspring Behavior

      • Arthur J. Riopelle
      Pages 3-24

  3. Parental and Other Social Influences on Primate Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25
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    2. Mother-Infant Relationships in Non-Human Primates

      • Leanne T. Nash, R. Linda Wheeler
      Pages 27-61

    3. Paternal Behavior in Primates

      • Charles T. Snowdon, Stephen J. Suomi
      Pages 63-108

    4. Infant Separation in Monkeys: Studies on Social Figures other than the Mother

      • Jerry L. Vogt, Michael B. Hennessy
      Pages 109-133

  4. Contextual and Social Aspects of Language Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
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    2. A Pragmatic Approach to Chimpanzee Language Studies

      • Sue Savage-Rumbaugh
      Pages 137-157

    3. Cultural Transmission of a Human Language in a Chimpanzee Mother-Infant Relationship

      • Roger S. Fouts, Alan D. Hirsch, Deborah H. Fouts
      Pages 159-193

  5. Biosocial Aspects of Behavioral Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195
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    2. Depression and Helplessness in Primates

      • Susan Mineka
      Pages 197-242

    3. The Origins of Aggression

      • K. E. Moyer
      Pages 243-260

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 261-274
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About this book

The underlying theme uniting the papers of this volume is the quest for a further understanding of human behavior. The similarities between the behaviors of other primates and humans have captivated us even before a science arose. But what is the justification for making such comparisons? Comparisons, like classifications, can be made on any basis whatever. The aim in making any scientific comparison is the same as doing a classification. That is, one attempts to make the comparison on a "natural" basis. Natural, in this case, means that the comparison reflects processes that occur in nature. The fundamental paradigm for making natural comparisons in biology is based on evolutionary theory. The evolutionary paradigm is inherently one of comparisons between and within species. Conversely, it is impossible to begin to make cross species comparisons without making, implicitly at least, evolutionary arguments. But evolution is a complex construct of theories (Lewis, 1980), and comparisons can be made out of different theoretical bases. F or the sake of this discussion we can combine varieties of sub-theories into two categories: those having to do with descent with modification, and those concerned with the mechanics of evolutionary change--notably natural selection.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA

    Hiram E. Fitzgerald

  • Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA

    John A. Mullins, Patricia Gage

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Child Nurturance

  • Book Subtitle: Studies of Development in Nonhuman Primates

  • Editors: Hiram E. Fitzgerald, John A. Mullins, Patricia Gage

  • Series Title: Child Nurturance

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3605-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-3607-5Published: 04 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-3605-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 274

  • Topics: Psychology, general

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