Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. Preface ix
5. Introduction 1
6. EARLY DEVELOPMENT
7. 1. Mother/Infant Relations in Rhesus Monkeys 29
8. 2. Mother/Infant Relations in Monkeys and Humans: A Reply to Professor Hinde 47
9. 3. Constraints on Learning: Development of Bird Song 69
10. 4. Perceptual Aspects of Filial Attachment in Monkeys 84
11. 5. Some Features of Early Behavioural Development in Kittens 94
12. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
13. 6. Infancy in Hunter-Gatherer Life: An Ethological Perspective 113
14. 7. Social Organization and the Developmental Environment 142
15. 13. Ethological Perspectives on Human Aggressive Behaviour 153
16. EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE
17. 9. Comparative Ethology and the Evolution of Behaviour 173
18. 10. Some Aspects of Behavioural Development in Evolutionary Perspective 182
19. 11. Can Psychiatrists use Ethology? 187
20. 12. Induction and Alleviation of Depressive States in Monkeys 197
21. 13. Ethological Perspectives on Human Aggressive Behaviour 209
22. DEDICATION 221
23. BIBLIOGRAPHY 225
24. INDEX 257