| Reaching Into Thought: The Minds of the Great Apes Contributor(s): Russon, Anne E. (Editor), Bard, Kim A. (Editor), Parker, Sue Taylor (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521471680 ISBN-13: 9780521471688 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1996 Annotation: In this book, field and laboratory researchers show that the great apes have high level abilities in both social and ecological domains, including tool use, pretense, self-awareness, deception, consolation, teaching, and culture itself. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Research & Methodology - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - Primatology - Psychology | Cognitive Psychology & Cognition |
| Dewey: 599.884 |
| LCCN: 95020350 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.28" W x 9.28" (2.09 lbs) 478 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this book, field and laboratory researchers show that the Great Apes are capable of thinking at symbolic levels, traditionally considered uniquely human. They show these high-level abilities in both social and ecological domains, including tool use, imitation, pretense, self-awareness, deception, consolation, teaching and proto-culture itself. Here, contributors emphasize the mechanisms involved in building these abilities--especially the lengthy developmental and enculturation processes--suggesting changes to current views on how primate and human intelligence have evolved. Researchers and professionals in the fields of primatology, animal behavior, anthropology, linguistics, and cognitive psychology will find much useful information in this book. |
