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Title Deception, perspectives on human and nonhuman deceit / edited by Robert W. Mitchell and Nicholas S. Thompson
Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1986

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Description 1 online resource (xxix, 388 pages) : illustrations
Series SUNY series in animal behavior
SUNY series in animal behavior.
Contents Preface / Emil W. Menzel, Jr. -- Part I. Historical and Philosophical Perspectives -- A Framework for Discussing Deception / Robert W. Mitchell -- Deception : A Philosophical Perspective / Lilly-Marlene Russow -- Deception and the Concept of Behavioral Design / Nicholas S. Thompson -- Part II. Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives -- An "Informational" Perspective on Manipulation / W. John Smith -- Evolutionary Aspects of Avian Distraction Display : Variation in American Avocet and Black-Necked Stilt / Tex A. Sordahl -- Firefly Communication and Deception : ''Oh, What a Tangled Web" / James E. Lloyd -- The Deceptive Use of Reputation by Stomatopods / Roy L. Caldwell -- Part III. Ethological and Psychological Perspectives -- Can a Pigtail Macaque Learn to Manipulate a Thief? / Paul S. Silverman -- The Deceptive Use of Alarm Calls by Sentinel Species in Mixed-Species Flocks of Neotropical Birds / Charles A. Munn -- A "Lie" as a Directed Message of the Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus L.) / Von G. Ruppell -- Large Scale Deception : Deceit by Captive Elephants? / Maxinne D. Morris -- Deception in Play between Dogs and People / Robert W. Mitchell and Nicholas S. Thompson -- An Exploration of the Ontogeny of Deception in Human Beings and Nonhuman Primates / Suzanne Chevalier-Skolnikoff -- Deception in the Natural Communication of Chimpanzees / Franz de Waal -- How Can I Tell a Lie? : Apes, Language, and the Problem of Deception / H. Lyn Miles -- Part IV. Perspectives on Human Deception -- Lying as a Skill : The Development of Deception in Children / Marie E. Vasek -- A Phenomenological Approach to Human Deception / Lucy Fontaine Werth and Jenny Flaherty -- Feints and Ruses : An Analysis of Deception in Sports / Ronald Mawby and Robert W. Mitchell -- Cultural Concatenation of Deceit and Secrecy / Myrdene Anderson -- The Theory and Psychology of Military Deception / Donal J. Sexton
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Deception -- Psychological aspects
Psychology, Comparative.
Psychology, Comparative
PSYCHOLOGY -- General.
Deception -- Psychological aspects
Psychology, Comparative
Form Electronic book
Author Mitchell, Robert W., 1958-
Thompson, Nicholas S
LC no. 85002703
ISBN 0585069255
9780585069258
1438413327
9781438413327