The study of animal behavior throws light on everything said to be natural: social and family relations, mating, communication, and learning. Comparative Perspectives in Modern Psychology illustrates that human behavior is best understood through a method of comparative psychology, based on evolutionary theory that views behavior as the result of the complex interplay of genetics and environment.

Contents include: The Comparative Psychology of Monogamy by Donald A. Dewsbury; Coming to Terms with the Everyday Language of Comparative Psychology by Meredith J. West and Andrew P. King;...

The study of animal behavior throws light on everything said to be natural: social and family relations, mating, communication, and learning. Comparative Perspectives in Modern Psychology illustrates that human behavior is best understood through a method of comparative psychology, based on evolutionary theory that views behavior as the result of the complex interplay of genetics and environment.

Contents include: The Comparative Psychology of Monogamy by Donald A. Dewsbury; Coming to Terms with the Everyday Language of Comparative Psychology by Meredith J. West and Andrew P. King;...