Personality and Temperament in Nonhuman Primates

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Weiss, Alexander (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), King, James E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Murray, Lindsay (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Σειρά: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Evolutionary biology.; Zoology.; Life Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.

The result of a symposium hosted by the American Society of Primatologists, this volume attests to the huge strides made in recent decades by researchers studying primates and their behavior. Research into the notion of ‘personality’ in nonhuman primates can be traced back to the 1930s and 40s, when...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Beginnings of Personality Measurement in Non Human Primates
• Chapter 1. Individual Characteristics – Weaving Psychological and Ethological Approaches Joan Stevenson-Hinde and Camilla A. Hinde
• Some Basic Issues in Personality Measurement in Non Human Primates
• Chapter 2.    Comparison of Methods for Assessing Personality in Non-Human Primates Hanni Freeman, Samuel d. Gosling, and Steven J. Shapiro
• Chapter 3.  Personality in Nonhuman Primates: What We Can Learn from Personality Psychology Jana Uher
• Chapter 4. Personality from the Perspective of a Primatologist James E. King and Alexander Weiss
• Empirical Studies
• Chapter 5.  Objective Behavioral Tests of Temperament in Nonhuman Primates Lynn A. Fairbanks and Matthew J. Jorgensen
• Chapter 6.  Predicting  Primate Behavior from Personality Ratings Lindsay Murray
• Chapter 7. Primate  Personality and Behavioral Endocrimology Stephanie F. Anestis
• Chapter 8.  Chimpanzee Faces under the Magnifying Glass:  Emerging Methods Reveal Cross-     Species Similarities and Individuality
• Kim A. Bard, Augusta D. Gaspar, and Sarah-Jane Vick
• Chapter 9.  Nonhuman Primate Personality and Immunity:  Mechanisms of Health and Disease John P. Capitanio
• Chapter 10.  Impulsivity and Aggression as Personality Traits in Nonhuman Primates J. Dee Higley, Stephan J. Suomi, and Andrew C. Chaffin
• Chapter 11.  Reactivity and Behavioral Inhibition as Personality Traits in Nonhuman Primates Stephan J. Suomi, Andrew C. Chaffin, and J. Dee Higley
• Chapter 12.  Behavioral Syndromes: A behavioral Ecologist’s view on the Evolutionary and Ecological Implications of Animal Personality Andrew Sih                                    .