Child Nurturance

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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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.

• behavior
• complex
• depression
• development
• election
• evolution
• evolutionary theory
• human behavior
• nature
• science

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

  Hiram E. Fitzgerald

• Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA

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