Comparative perspectives in modern psychology.

The study of animal behavior throws light on everything said to be natural social and family relations, mating, communication, and learning. Comparative Perspectives in Modern Psychology illustrates that human behavior is best understood through a method of comparative psychology, based on evolutionary theory that views behavior as the result of the complex interplay of genetics and environment.Contents include: The Comparative Psychology of Monogamy by Donald A. Dewsbury; Coming to Terms with the Everyday Language of Comparative Psychology by Meredith J. West and Andrew P. King; The Darwinian Psychology of Discriminative Parental Solicitude by Martin Daly and Margo Wilson; A Comparative Approach to Vocal Communication by Charles T. Snowdon; A New Look at Ape Language: Comprehension of Vocal Speech and Syntax by Sue Savage-Rumbaugh; A Synthetic Approach to the Study of Animal Intelligence by Alan C. Kamil.