Primate Cognition by Michael Tomasello (English) Paperback Book

Description: Primate Cognition by Michael Tomasello, Josep Call The authors review all that is scientifically known about the cognitive skills of nonhuman primates, assess the current state of our knowledge and integrate empirical findings on the topic from the beginning of the century to the present, placing this work in theoretical perspective. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Soon after Charles Darwin formulated his theory of evolution, primate cognition became a major area of research. In this book, Michael Tomasello and Josep Call assess the current state of our knowledge about the cognitive skills of non-human primates. They integrate empirical findings on the topic from the beginning of the century to the present, placing this research in theoretical perspective. They begin with an examination of the way primates adapt to theirphysical world, mostly for the purpose of foraging. The second part of the book looks at primate social knowledge and focuses on the adaptations of primates to their social world for purposes of competitionand cooperation. In the third section, the authors construct a general theory of primate cognition, distinguishing the cognition in primates from that of other mammals (human in particular). Their broad-ranging theory provides a guide for future research. Primate Cognition is an enlightening exploration of the cognitive capacities of our nearest primate relatives and a useful resource for a wide range of researchers and students in psychology, behavioral biology, primatology, andanthropology. Author Biography Michael Tomasello is Co-Director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. He is the author of "First Verbs" and the coauthor of "Primate Cognition". Table of Contents 1: Introduction1.1: Historical Background1.2: The Ecological Approach to Cognition1.3: Primates and Their Lives1.4: Plan of the BookPART I: Knowledge of the Physical World2: Space and Objects2.1: Cognitive Mapping2.2: Searching for Hidden Objects2.3: Tracking Invisible Displacements2.4: Other Forms of Spatial Understanding2.5: What Primates Know About Space and Objects3: Tools and Causality3.1: Object Manipulation3.2: Tool Use3.3: Causal Understanding3.4: What Primates Know About Tools and Causality4: Features and Categories4.1: Discrimination Learning4.2: Natural Categories4.3: Relational Categories4.4: Classification4.5: What Primates Know About Features and Categories5: Quantities5.1: Estimating Numerousness5.2: Ordinality and Transitivity5.3: Counting, Summation, and Proportions5.4: Conservation of Quantities5.5: What Primates Know About Quantities6: Theories of Primate Physical Cognition6.1: Summary of Primate Physical Cognition6.2: Theories of Proximate Mechanism6.3: Theories of Ultimate Causation6.4: Directions for Future Research6.5: ConclusionPART II: Knowledge of the Social World7: Social Knowledge and Interaction7.1: The Social Field7.2: Coalitions and Alliances7.3: Reciprocity and Interchange7.4: Cooperative Problem-Solving7.5: What Primates Know About Others in Social Interaction8: Social Strategies and Communication8.1: Social Strategies: Deception8.2: Intentional Communication: Gestures8.3: Intentional Communication: Vocalizations8.4: Communication with Humans8.5: What Primates Know About Others in Communication9: Social Learning and Culture9.1: Behavioral Traditions in the Wild9.2: Social Learning of Instrumental Activities9.3: Social Learning of Communicative Signals and Gestures9.4: Teaching9.5: What Primates Know About Others in Social Learning10: Theory of Mind10.1: Understanding Behavior and Perception10.2: Understanding Intentions and Attention10.3: Understanding Knowledge and Beliefs10.4: Understanding Self10.5: What Primates Know About Others Mental States11: Theories of Primate Social Cognition11.1: Summary of Primate Social Cognition11.2: Theories of Proximate Mechanism11.3: Theories of Ultimate Causation11.4: Directions for Future Research11.5: ConclusionPART III: A Theory of Primate Cognition12: Nonhuman Primate Cognition12.1: Uniquely Primate Cognition12.2: Issues of Proximate Mechanism12.3: Issues of Ultimate Causation12.4: The Structure of Primate Cognition13: Human Cognition13.1: Human Cognitive Development13.2: Ontogenetic Processes13.3: Phylogenetic Processes13.4: The Structure of Human Cognition14: Conclusion14.1: Theory14.2: Research14.3: The Preservation of PrimatesAppendixReferencesAuthor IndexSpecies IndexSubject Index Review ""Fin de siécle primatology is an exuberant, contentious, and ambitious discipline. . . . Those who took classes in primatology as few as 5 to 10 years ago would not recognize many of the current issues, a short list of examples being sexual selection, phylogenetic weighting in comparative analyses, gut-brain tradeoffs in the evolution of energy and tissue allocation, and reciprocity and retribution. Primate Cognition is a superb example of thisnew, reinvigorated primatology. . . . Tomasello and Call accomplish a meticulous merging of primate behavior, recent insights from cognitive and developmental psychology on the multidimensionality of cognitiveabilities, and a good understanding of primate evolution to critically analyze what is and is not yet known about cognition in nonhuman primates."--American Journal of Human Biology"[The authors] divide the volume into fourteen chapters organized into three parts: Knowledge of the Physical World, Knowledge of the Social World, and A Theory of Primate Cognition, which summarizes their conclusions and briefly reviews human cognitive development. The book includes an introduction to the Order Primates (as well as an appendix on their taxonomy) and a brief history of studies of primate cognition."--The Quarterly Review of Biology"This book is a careful and critical review of the existing literature on the cognitive capacities of primates and other mammals and, at the same time, is a launching platform for a very important theory on what is unique for primates with respect to other mammals and what is unique for human beings with respect to nonhuman primates. . . . What makes this book appealing to any kind of reader and extremely useful as an educational tool is the way in which thematerial is organized, critically described, and summarized in useful tables and summaries. . . . In addition, the book has 50 pages of references, an authors index, a species index, and a subjectindex, as well as a multitude of figures and photographs . . . I strongly recommend this marvellous book to ethologists, animal psychologists, developmental psychologists, cognitive scientists, and anyone just interested in primates."--The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology""Fin de siécle primatology is an exuberant, contentious, and ambitious discipline. . . . Those who took classes in primatology as few as 5 to 10 years ago would not recognize many of the current issues, a short list of examples being sexual selection, phylogenetic weighting in comparative analyses, gut-brain tradeoffs in the evolution of energy and tissue allocation, and reciprocity and retribution. Primate Cognition is a superb example of thisnew, reinvigorated primatology. . . . Tomasello and Call accomplish a meticulous merging of primate behavior, recent insights from cognitive and developmental psychology on the multidimensionality of cognitiveabilities, and a good understanding of primate evolution to critically analyze what is and is not yet known about cognition in nonhuman primates."--American Journal of Human Biology"[The authors] divide the volume into fourteen chapters organized into three parts: Knowledge of the Physical World, Knowledge of the Social World, and A Theory of Primate Cognition, which summarizes their conclusions and briefly reviews human cognitive development. The book includes an introduction to the Order Primates (as well as an appendix on their taxonomy) and a brief history of studies of primate cognition."--The Quarterly Review of Biology"This book is a careful and critical review of the existing literature on the cognitive capacities of primates and other mammals and, at the same time, is a launching platform for a very important theory on what is unique for primates with respect to other mammals and what is unique for human beings with respect to nonhuman primates. . . . What makes this book appealing to any kind of reader and extremely useful as an educational tool is the way in which thematerial is organized, critically described, and summarized in useful tables and summaries. . . . In addition, the book has 50 pages of references, an authors index, a species index, and a subjectindex, as well as a multitude of figures and photographs . . . I strongly recommend this marvellous book to ethologists, animal psychologists, developmental psychologists, cognitive scientists, and anyone just interested in primates."--The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Long Description Soon after Charles Darwin formulated his theory of evolution, primate cognition became a major area of research. In this book, Michael Tomasello and Josep Call assess the current state of our knowledge about the cognitive skills of non-human primates. They integrate empirical findings on the topic from the beginning of the century to the present, placing this research in theoretical perspective. They begin with an examination of the way primates adapt to theirphysical world, mostly for the purpose of foraging. The second part of the book looks at primate social knowledge and focuses on the adaptations of primates to their social world for purposes of competition and cooperation. In the third section, the authors construct a general theory of primate cognition,distinguishing the cognition in primates from that of other mammals (human in particular). Their broad-ranging theory provides a guide for future research. Primate Cognition is an enlightening exploration of the cognitive capacities of our nearest primate relatives and a useful resource for a wide range of researchers and students in psychology, behavioral biology, primatology, and anthropology. Review Text ""Fin de siécle primatology is an exuberant, contentious, and ambitious discipline. . . . Those who took classes in primatology as few as 5 to 10 years ago would not recognize many of the current issues, a short list of examples being sexual selection, phylogenetic weighting in comparative analyses, gut-brain tradeoffs in the evolution of energy and tissue allocation, and reciprocity and retribution. Primate Cognition is a superb example of thisnew, reinvigorated primatology. . . . Tomasello and Call accomplish a meticulous merging of primate behavior, recent insights from cognitive and developmental psychology on the multidimensionality of cognitive abilities, and a good understanding of primate evolution to critically analyze what is and is not yetknown about cognition in nonhuman primates."--American Journal of Human Biology"[The authors] divide the volume into fourteen chapters organized into three parts: Knowledge of the Physical World, Knowledge of the Social World, and A Theory of Primate Cognition, which summarizes their conclusions and briefly reviews human cognitive development. The book includes an introduction to the Order Primates (as well as an appendix on their taxonomy) and a brief history of studies of primate cognition."--The Quarterly Review of Biology"This book is a careful and critical review of the existing literature on the cognitive capacities of primates and other mammals and, at the same time, is a launching platform for a very important theory on what is unique for primates with respect to other mammals and what is unique for human beings with respect to nonhuman primates. . . . What makes this book appealing to any kind of reader and extremely useful as an educational tool is the way in which thematerial is organized, critically described, and summarized in useful tables and summaries. . . . In addition, the book has 50 pages of references, an authors index, a species index, and a subject index, as well as a multitude of figures and photographs . . . I strongly recommend this marvellous bookto ethologists, animal psychologists, developmental psychologists, cognitive scientists, and anyone just interested in primates."--The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology""Fin de siécle primatology is an exuberant, contentious, and ambitious discipline. . . . Those who took classes in primatology as few as 5 to 10 years ago would not recognize many of the current issues, a short list of examples being sexual selection, phylogenetic weighting in comparative analyses, gut-brain tradeoffs in the evolution of energy and tissue allocation, and reciprocity and retribution. Primate Cognition is a superb example of thisnew, reinvigorated primatology. . . . Tomasello and Call accomplish a meticulous merging of primate behavior, recent insights from cognitive and developmental psychology on the multidimensionality of cognitive abilities, and a good understanding of primate evolution to critically analyze what is and is not yetknown about cognition in nonhuman primates."--American Journal of Human Biology"[The authors] divide the volume into fourteen chapters organized into three parts: Knowledge of the Physical World, Knowledge of the Social World, and A Theory of Primate Cognition, which summarizes their conclusions and briefly reviews human cognitive development. The book includes an introduction to the Order Primates (as well as an appendix on their taxonomy) and a brief history of studies of primate cognition."--The Quarterly Review of Biology"This book is a careful and critical review of the existing literature on the cognitive capacities of primates and other mammals and, at the same time, is a launching platform for a very important theory on what is unique for primates with respect to other mammals and what is unique for human beings with respect to nonhuman primates. . . . What makes this book appealing to any kind of reader and extremely useful as an educational tool is the way in which thematerial is organized, critically described, and summarized in useful tables and summaries. . . . In addition, the book has 50 pages of references, an authors index, a species index, and a subject index, as well as a multitude of figures and photographs . . . I strongly recommend this marvellous bookto ethologists, animal psychologists, developmental psychologists, cognitive scientists, and anyone just interested in primates."--The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Review Quote "This book is a careful and critical review of the existing literature onthe cognitive capacities of primates and other mammals and, at the same time, isa launching platform for a very important theory on what is unique for primateswith respect to other mammals and what is unique for human beings with respectto nonhuman primates. . . . What makes this book appealing to any kind of readerand extremely useful as an educational tool is the way in which the material isorganized, critically described, and summarized in useful tables and summaries.. . . In addition, the book has 50 pages of references, an authors index, aspecies index, and a subject index, as well as a multitude of figures andphotographs . . . I strongly recommend this marvellous book to ethologists,animal psychologists, developmental psychologists, cognitive scientists, andanyone just interested in primates."--The Quarterly Journal of ExperimentalPsychology Promotional "Headline" 1. Introduction 1.1. Historical Background 1.2. The Ecological Approach to Cognition 1.3. Primates and their Lives 1.4. Plan of the Book PART I: Knowledge of the Physical World 2. Space and Objects 2.1. Cognitive Mapping 2.2. Searching for Hidden Objects 2.3. Tracking Invisible Displacements 2.4. Other Forms of Spatial Understanding 2.5. What Primates Know About Space and Objects 3. Tools and Causality 3.1. Object Manipulation 3.2. Tool Use 3.3. Causal Understanding 3.4 What Primates Know About Tools and Causality. 4. Features and Categories 4.1. Discrimination Learning 4.2. Natural Categories 4.3. Relational Categories 4.4. Classification 4.5. What Primates Know About Features and Categories 5. Quantities 5.1. Estimating Numerousness 5.2. Ordinality and Transitivity 5.3. Counting, Summation, and Proportions 5.4. Conservation of Quantities 5.5. What Primates Know About Quantities 6. Theories of Primate Physical Cognition 6.1. Summary of Primate Physical Cognition 6.2. Theories of Proximate Mechanism 6.3. Theories of Ultimate Causation 6.4. Directions for Future Research 6.5. Conclusion PART II: Knowledge of the Social World 7. Social Knowledge and Interaction 7.1. The Social Field 7.2. Coalitions and Alliances 7.3. Reciprocity and Interchange 7.4. Cooperative Problem-Solving 7.5. What Primates Know About Others in Social Interaction 8. Social Strategies and Communication 8.1. Social Strategies: Deception 8.2. Intentional Communication: Gestures 8.3. Intentional Communication: Vocalizations 8.4. Communication with Humans 8.5. What Primates Know About Others in Communication 9. Social Learning and Culture 9.1. Behavioral Traditions in the Wild 9.2. Social Learning of Instrumental Activities 9.3. Social Learning of Communicative Signals and Gestures 9.4. Teaching 9.5. What Primates Know About Others in Social Learning 10. Theory of Mind 10.1. Understanding Behavior and Perception 10.2. Understanding Intentions and Attention 10.3. Understanding Knowledge and Beliefs 10.4. Understanding Self 10.5. What Primates Know About Other Mental States 11. Theories of Primate Social Cognition 11.1. Summary of Primate Social Cognition 11.2. Theories of Proximate Mechanism 11.3. Theories of Ultimate Causation 11.4. Directions for Future Research 11.5. Conclusion PART III: A Theory of Primate Cognition 12. Nonhuman Primate Cognition 12.1. Uniquely Primate Cognition 12.2. Issies of Proximate Mechanism 12.3. Issues of Ultimate Causation 12.4. The Structure of Primate Cognition 13. Human Cognition 13.1. Human Cognitive Development 13.2. Ontogenetic Processes 13.3. Phylogenetic Processes 13.4. The Structure of Human Cognition 14. Conclusion 14.1. Theory 14.2. Research 14.3 The Preservation of Primates. Feature Selling point: Integrates empirical findings on the cognitive skills of non-human primates from the beginning of the century to the present, placing this research in theoretical perspectiveSelling point: The broad-ranging theory provides a guide for future researchSelling point: Serves as a a useful resource for a wide range of researchers and students in psychology, behavioral biology, primatology, and anthropology Details ISBN0195106245 Author Josep Call Short Title PRIMATE COGNITION Language English ISBN-10 0195106245 ISBN-13 9780195106244 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1997 Illustrations numerous halftones, line figures, tables Edition 1st Residence GW Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany Position Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9780195106244 UK Release Date 1997-11-06 AU Release Date 1997-11-06 NZ Release Date 1997-11-06 US Release Date 1997-11-06 Edited by Julian Little Birth 1957 Death 1921 Qualifications QC Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Publication Date 1997-11-06 DEWEY 599.815 Audience Professional & Vocational Pages 528 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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