APA Handbook of Comparative Psychology: Volume 1: Basic Concepts, Methods, Neural Substrate, and Behavior Volume 2: Perception, Learning, and Cognitio

This two-volume handbook presents the different aspects of comparative psychology—behavior, cognition, learning, and neurophysiology—in a balanced and exhaustive manner.

Volume 1: Basic Concepts, Methods, Neural Substrate, and Behavior Editorial Board About the Editor-in-Chief Contributors Series Preface IntroductionPart I: History and Basic Concepts Chapter 1: What Is Comparative Psychology?Josep Call, Gordon M. Burghardt, Irene M. Pepperberg, Charles T. Snowdon, and Thomas R. Zentall Chapter 2: Trends and Themes in the History of Comparative PsychologyDonald A. DewsburyPart II: Methods Chapter 3: Studying Animal Behavior: Integration of Field and Laboratory ApproachesCharles T. Snowdon and Gordon M. Burghardt Chapter 4: Observational and Experimental Methods in Comparative PsychologyKen Yasukawa and Kristin E. Bonnie Chapter 5: Collecting Biologically Relevant Information: DNA to Population DensityTobias Deschner, Mimi Arandjelovic, and Hjalmar S. Kühl Chapter 6: Tools for Measuring Animal Cognition: T Mazes to TouchscreensDavid A. Washburn, J. Antonio Salamanca, Rachel C. Callery, and William Whitham Chapter 7: Neurons to Networks: Integrative Methods for Studying Social BehaviorEileen A. Lacey and Nancy G. Solomon Chapter 8: From Nonparametric Tests to Mixed Models: A Brief Overview of Statistical Tools Frequently Used in Comparative PsychologyRoger Mundry Chapter 9: Methods and Applications of Animal Personality ResearchAlexander Weiss and Drew M. Altschul Chapter 10: Phylogenetic Approaches for Research in Comparative CognitionEvan L. MacLean and Charles L. NunnPart III: Adaptation, Evolution, and Phylogeny Chapter 11: Behavioral Variation, Adaptation, and EvolutionDelia S. Shelton and Emília P. Martins Chapter 12: Evolution of Learning and CognitionNathan J. Emery Chapter 13: Evolution and Consequences of SocialityJudith Maria Burkart Chapter 14: The Evolution of LanguageMichael C. Corballis Chapter 15: Evolutionary Approaches to Human PsychologyGillian R. Brown and Catharine P. Cross Chapter 16: Behavioral, Emotional, and Cognitive Effects of DomesticationRuth C. NewberryPart IV: Genes, Hormones, and Ontogeny Chapter 17: From Instinct to Behavior Systems: An Integrated Approach to Ethological PsychologyGordon M. Burghardt and Robert Ian Bowers Chapter 18: The Rise of Behavioral Genetics and the Transition to Behavioral Genomics and BeyondOliver Krüger, Peter Korsten, and Joseph I. Hoffman Chapter 19: Behavioral Endocrinology and DevelopmentElizabeth Adkins-Regan Chapter 20: Cognitive Development in Comparative Perspective: Exploring the Role of Language Acquisition in Spatial, Quantitative, and Memory DevelopmentNora S. Newcombe Chapter 21: Filial Attachment: Development, Mechanisms, and ConsequencesMichael B. Hennessy and Harry N. Shair Chapter 22: Epigenetic Mechanisms Shaping the Brain: Implications for Psychological ScienceAnthony P. Auger and Catherine J. AugerPart V: Neural Substrate Chapter 23: Instinctual Foundations of Animal Minds: Comparative Perspectives on the Evolved Affective Neural Substrate of Emotions and Learned BehaviorsJaak Panksepp Chapter 24: Comparative Vertebrate Nervous SystemsAndrew N. Iwaniuk and Douglas R. Wylie Chapter 25: Parallel Processing of Spatial and Temporal Information in Rodents and Humans: Role of the HippocampusRaymond Kesner Chapter 26: The Biopsychology of Birdsong: Birdsong as a Biological Model for Human LanguageKazuo Okanoya Chapter 27: Laterality at the Neural, Cognitive, and Behavioral LevelsGiorgio Vallortigara and Elisabetta Versace Chapter 28: Neural Networks, Learning, and IntelligenceBruce J. MacLennan Chapter 29: Biological RhythmsBenjamin L. Smarr and Lance J. KriegsfeldPart VI: Behavior Chapter 30: Information, Communication, and LanguageMichael D. Beecher Chapter 31: Referential Communication in Nonhuman AnimalsKlaus Zuberbühler and Christof Neumann Chapter 32: Symbolic Communication in Nonhuman AnimalsIrene M. Pepperberg Chapter 33: Interspecific CommunicationIrene M. Pepperberg Chapter 34: Play and ExplorationSergio M. Pellis and Gordon M. Burghardt Chapter 35: Maternal BehaviorPhyllis C. Lee Chapter 36: Paternal and Alloparental CareCharles T. Snowdon Chapter 37: Courtship and Mate ChoiceMichael J. Ryan and Lyndon A. Jordan Chapter 38: Ingestive BehaviorKurt Schwenk Chapter 39: Predator–Prey Interactions: Integrating Fear EffectsLiana Y. Zanette and Michael Clinchy Chapter 40: Antipredator BehaviorAkira Mori and Ryo Ito Chapter 41: Why Animals Fight: Uncovering the Function and Mechanisms of Territorial AggressionMatthew J. Fuxjager, Xin Zhao, Nathan S. Rieger, and Catherine A. Marler Chapter 42: Conflict ResolutionTeresa Romero and Filippo Aureli Chapter 43: Friendships, Coalitions, and AlliancesMarina Cords and Nicole A. Thompson Chapter 44: Comparative Studies of Cooperation: Collaboration and Prosocial Behavior in AnimalsKatherine A. Cronin Chapter 45: Thermoregulation, Energetics, and BehaviorChristopher Harshaw, Mark S. Blumberg, and Jeffrey R. Alberts Index