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This textbook covers aspects of animal behaviour featured in both A-Level Psychology and Social Biology courses. It includes accounts and discussions of imprinting, maternal behaviour, courtship and territoriality, social organization, and animal communication. Throughout the book the principle of behavioural diversity is built upon to show the complexities of animal behaviour and its relationship with the social and physical environment. The issues and perspectives arising from evolutionary theory are explored, and the need to utilize multiple levels of analysis in the understanding of animal and human behaviour is emphasized.
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Hayes's slender volume will serve nicely as a resource for students in a first course in comparative psychology and animal behavior. The author grounds the subject squarely on the basis of evolution and then examines a variety of explanatory models and themes to account for selection and adaptation. Included are the Lamarckian and Darwinian notions, the Mendelian synthesis of Darwin, and hypotheses generated by sociobiologists. Hayes also provides the reader with a short caveat regarding Social Darwinism. These theoretical ideas are then used in subsequent chapters to frame the topics of reproductive behavior, social organization, communication, and animal cognition. Complex subject matter is presented at a level that is understandable and interesting to undergraduates. The bibliography is adequate and cites the more important research and the major contributors. Photographs would have obviated the complete reliance on line drawings for illustration. Useful, short glossary. For libraries collecting in comparative psychology. General; lower-division undergraduate. W. B. Dragoin; Georgia Southwestern College