LEADER 04910nam 22006734a 450 001 9910538207003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-10077-7 010 $a9786612100772 010 $a0-262-26955-4 010 $a1-4294-1300-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000467390 035 $a(EBL)3338481 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000161539 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11163099 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000161539 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10219320 035 $a(PQKB)11438097 035 $a(OCoLC)568000430$z(OCoLC)76160275$z(OCoLC)228170806$z(OCoLC)228170807$z(OCoLC)473096368$z(OCoLC)648223046$z(OCoLC)756541996$z(OCoLC)826511149$z(OCoLC)888588752$z(OCoLC)961526128$z(OCoLC)962598101$z(OCoLC)988501093$z(OCoLC)991987712$z(OCoLC)1037413212$z(OCoLC)1037933567$z(OCoLC)1038592645$z(OCoLC)1055325531$z(OCoLC)1063954654$z(OCoLC)1081275628$z(OCoLC)1083606825 035 $a(OCoLC-P)568000430 035 $a(MaCbMITP)3229 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3338481 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10173532 035 $a(OCoLC)568000430 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3338481 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/78498 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000467390 100 $a20021220d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe genesis of animal play $etesting the limits /$fGordon M. Burghardt 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cMIT Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (521 p.) 225 1 $aA Bradford Book 300 $a"A Bradford book." 311 $a0-262-02543-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [407]-460). 327 $aForeword; Preface; Acknowledgments; I The Nature of Play; 1 Play: Many Meanings, Few Answers; 2 Footprints in the Sand: The Origins and Radiation of Play Theory; 3 Defining Play: Can We Stop Playing Around?; 4 A Guide to the Diversity of Play; 5 Nothing Is Simple: Studying the Hows and Whys of Play; 6 The Genesis of Play: An Integrative Approach; II The Phylogeny of Play; 7 The Path Through the Major Evolutionary Landscapes; 8 Play in the Placental Mammals; 9 The Alternate Radiation: Play in Marsupials; 10 Does the Platypus Play?; 11 Play Is for the Birds Too; 12 The Cool Reptiles 327 $a13 The Origins of Vertebrate Play: Fish That Leap, Juggle, and Tease14 Play at the Margins: Invertebrates; 15 The Legacy and Future of Play; References; Animal Index; Name Index; Subject Index 330 $aIn The Genesis of Animal Play, Gordon Burghardt examines the origins and evolution of play in humans and animals. He asks what play might mean in our understanding of evolution, the brain, behavioral organization, and psychology. Is play essential to development? Is it the driving force behind human and animal behavior? What is the proper place for the study of play in the cognitive, behavioral, and biological sciences?The engaging nature of play--who does not enjoy watching a kitten attack a ball of yarn?--has made it difficult to study. Some scholars have called play undefinable, nonexistent, or a mystery outside the realm of scientific analysis. Using the comparative perspectives of ethology and psychology, The Genesis of Animal Play goes further than other studies in reviewing the evidence of play throughout the animal kingdom, from human babies to animals not usually considered playful. Burghardt finds that although playfulness may have been essential to the origin of much that we consider distinctive in human (and mammalian) behavior, it only develops through a specific set of interactions among developmental, evolutionary, ecological, and physiological processes. Furthermore, play is not always beneficial or adaptive.Part I offers a detailed discussion of play in placental mammals (including children) and develops an integrative framework called surplus resource theory. The most fascinating and most controversial sections of the book, perhaps, are in the seven chapters in part II in which Burghardt presents evidence of playfulness in such unexpected groups of animals as kangaroos, birds, lizards, and "Fish That Leap, Juggle, and Tease." Burghardt concludes by considering the implications of the diversity of play for future research, and suggests that understanding the origin and development of play can shape our view of society and its accomplishments through history. 606 $aPlay behavior in animals 606 $aPlay 606 $aBehavior evolution 615 0$aPlay behavior in animals. 615 0$aPlay. 615 0$aBehavior evolution. 676 $a591.56/3 700 $aBurghardt$b Gordon M.$f1941-$093308 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910538207003321 996 $aThe genesis of animal play$92626364 997 $aUNINA