The thinking ape : evolutionary origins of intelligence
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The thinking ape : evolutionary origins of intelligence
Oxford University Press, 1995
- : hard
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. [235]-245
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内容説明・目次
内容説明
Intelligence is supposed to be one of the most important features unique to human beings, giving us the capacity to imagine, to deceive, to make complex connections between cause and effect, to devise elaborate strategies for solving problems. However, it is a product of evolution, opening the possibility that our nearest relatives - apes and monkeys - are also intelligent. Dr Bryne provides a detailed introduction to the differences and similarities between humans and other primates in their cognitive abilities, which is suitable for advanced courses in comparative psychology, animal learning and behaviour, biological anthropology, human sciences and zoology.
目次
- The limits of fossil evidence
- Taxonomy and the reconstruction of evolution
- What is intelligence and what is it for?
- How animals learn
- Why animals learn better in social groups
- Imitative behaviour in animals
- Understanding how things work
- Understanding minds: doing and seeing, knowing and thinking
- What use is a theory of mind?
- Planning and thinking ahead
- Apes and language
- Food for thought
- Machiavellian intelligence
- Testing the theories
- Taking stock.
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