The Behavior of Communicating : : An Ethological Approach / / William John Smith.
In this book, W. John Smith enlarges ethology's perspective on communication and takes it in new directions. Traditionally, ethological analysis has focused on the motivational states of displaying animals: What makes the bird sing, the cat lash its tail, the bee dance? The Behavior of Communic...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2021] ©1977 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (557 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Diversity of Displays
- 3 Analysis of a Display Repertoire
- 4 Messages: The Kinds of Information Made Available by Displays
- 5 Widespread Behavioral Selection Messages
- 6 Further Messages: Behavioral and Nonbehavioral
- 7 The Origin of Widespread Messages
- 8 Differing Approaches to the Analysis of Display Behavior
- 9 Contextual Sources of Information
- 10 Meanings and Functions
- 11 Origins and Differentiation of Display Behavior
- 12 Effects of Evolution on the Forms of Displays and Accoutrements
- 13 The Concept of Formalized Behavior
- 14 Formalized Interactions
- 15 A Prologue to the Study of Communicating
- References
- Index