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Personality and temperament in nonhuman primates

Obrazy
Autor
Alexander Weiss, James E. King, Lindsay Murray, editors
Place of publication
New York

Publisher

Publication date
2011
Table of Contents

Part I Beginnings of Personality Measurement in Nonhuman Primates

1 Individual Characteristics: Weaving Psychological and Ethological Approaches . . 3

Part II Some Basic Issues in Personality Measurement in Nonhuman Primates

2 Comparison of Methods for Assessing Personality in Nonhuman Primates . . 17
3 Personality in Nonhuman Primates: What Can We Learn from Human Personality Psychology? . . 41
4 Personality from the Perspective of a Primatologist . . 77

Part III Empirical Studies

5 Objective Behavioral Tests of Temperament in Nonhuman Primates . . 103
6 Predicting Primate Behavior from Personality Ratings . . 129
7 Primate Personality and Behavioral Endocrinology . . 169
8 Chimpanzee Faces Under the Magnifying Glass: Emerging Methods Reveal Cross-Species Similarities and Individuality . . 193
9 Nonhuman Primate Personality and Immunity: Mechanisms of Health and Disease . . 233
10 Impulsivity and Aggression as Personality Traits in Nonhuman Primates . . 257
11 Reactivity and Behavioral Inhibition as Personality Traitin Nonhuman Primates . . 285
12 Behavioral Syndromes: A Behavioral Ecologist's View on the Evolutionary and Ecological Implications of Animal Personalities . . 313

Index . . 337

Series
(Developments in Primatology. Progress and Prospects)