{"product_id":"9781475785791","title":"New Aspects of Human Ethology","description":"\u003ch1\u003eNew Aspects of Human Ethology\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eAtzwanger, Klaus; Grammer, Karl; Schäfer, Katrin; Schmitt, Alain\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eRough-and-tumble play provided one of the paradigmatic examples of the appli- tion of ethological methods, back in the 1970's. Since then, a modest number of - searchers have developed our knowledge of this kind of activity, using a variety of methods, and addressing some quite fundamental questions about age changes, sex diff- ences, nature and function of behaviour. In this chapter I will review work on this topic, mentioning particularly the interest in comparing results from different informants and different methods of investigation. Briefly, rough-and-tumble play (or R\u0026amp;T for short) refers to a cluster of behaviours whose core is rough but playful wrestling and tumbling on the ground; and whose general characteristic is that the behaviours seem to be agonistic but in a non-serious, playful c- text. The varieties of R\u0026amp;T, and the detailed differences between rough-and-tumble play and real fighting, will be discussed later. 2. A BRIEF HISTORY OF RESEARCH ON R\u0026amp;T In his pioneering work on human play, Groos (1901) described many kinds of rough-and-tumble play. However, R\u0026amp;T was virtually an ignored topic from then until the late 1960's. There was, of course, a flowering of observational research on children in the 1920s and 1930s, especially in North America; but this research had a strong practical o- entation, and lacked the cross-species perspective and evolutionary orientation present in Groos' work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2013-03-24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e ISBN-10: 9781475785791\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781475785791\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/b102412\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 254cm x178cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 239\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44352498532492,"sku":"9781475785791","price":153.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781475785791.jpg?v=1755083096","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781475785791","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}