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(Todd Kennedy), 1971- BF698.95O93 2012 Page 1 of 2 [UNTITLED] 156’.5—dc22 2011007124 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Page 2 of 2 Contents Go to page: Front Matter Oxford Library of Psychology [UNTITLED] Oxford Library of Psychology About the Editors Contributors Introduction to Comparative Evolutionary Psychology Toward Bridging Gaps: Finding Commonality between Evolutionary and Comparative Psychology Why Behaviorism Isn't Satanism Confronting Language, Representation, and Belief: A Limited Defense of Mental Continuity Cognitive Specializations Evolved Cognitive Adaptations Convergent Evolution of Cognition in Corvids, Apes and Other Animals Social Complexity and Intelligence Cephalopod Intelligence Cold­Blooded Cognition: Reptilian Cognitive Abilities Cetacean Cognitive Specializations Socio­Cognitive Specializations in Nonhuman Primates: Evidence from Gestural Communication The Evolution of Canine Cognition Memory Episodic Memory and Planning Comparative Mental Time Travel: Is There a Cognitive Divide between Humans and Animals in Episodic Memory and Planning? Animal Models of Human Cognition Metacognition across Species Communication Systems Symbolic Communication in the Grey Parrot Communication in Nonhuman Primates Female Preference Functions Provide a Window into Cognition, the Evolution of Communication, and Speciation in Plant­Feeding Insects Apes and the Evolution of Language: Taking Stock of 40 Years of Research Culture and Cooperation The Phylogeny and Ontogeny of Prosocial Behavior The Ontogeny and Phylogeny of Cooperation Culture and the Evolution of Human Sociality The Evolution of Morality: Which Aspects of Human Moral Concerns Are Shared With Nonhuman Primates? The Evolutionary and Comparative Psychology of Social Learning and Culture Cognitive Imitation: Insights into the Development and Evolution of Social Learning The Ecology and Evolution of Social Behavior and Cognition in Primates Conclusions and Future Directions The Evolution of a Cooperative Social Mind Darwin, Tinbergen, and the Evolution of Comparative Cognition Comparative Evolutionary Psychology: A United Discipline for the Study of Evolved Traits End Matter Index Oxford Library of Psychology Oxford Handbooks Online Oxford Library of Psychology The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Evolutionary Psychology Edited by Todd K. 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Nathan Editor-in-Chief Oxford Library of Psychology Page 2 of 3 About the Editors Oxford Handbooks Online About the Editors The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Evolutionary Psychology Edited by Todd K. Shackelford and Jennifer Vonk Print Publication Date: Feb 2012 Subject: Psychology Online Publication Date: Sep 2012 About the Editors Jennifer Vonk Jennifer Vonk has a longstanding interest in evolutionary theory and comparative cognition. She studied psychology, culminating in an undergraduate thesis project on behavioral endocrinology at McMaster University, then went on to pursue an MA degree in the study of human memory, before investigating orangutan and gorilla concept formation during her doctoral studies at York University. During her postdoctoral work, she expanded her interests to the evolution of uniquely human cognitive capacities by conducting comparative studies with chimpanzees and children, and she is now exploring cognitive continuities and discontinuities in a broad range of species, including bears and psittacines, as well as human children and adults. Todd K. Shackelford Todd K. Shackelford received his PhD in evolutionary psychology in 1997 from the University of Texas at Austin, his MA in psychology from the University of Michigan in 1995, and his BA in psychology from the University of New Mexico in 1993. In 2010, Shackelford joined Oakland University as professor and chair of the department of psychology. Shackelford was previously professor of psychology at Florida Atlantic University, where he was founder and chair of the evolutionary psychology PhD program and director of the evolutionary psychology lab. Shackelford has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles and chapters in edited volumes and has co-edited six volumes. (p. x) Page 1 of 2