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Owings, Donald Henry was born on December 7, 1943 in Atlanta. Son of Markley James and Loyce Erin (White) Owings.
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Animal Vocal Communication: A New Approach by Donald H. Owings (2008-08-21)
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Animal Vocal Communication: A New Approach
(Animal Vocal Communication explicitly avoids human-center...)
Animal Vocal Communication explicitly avoids human-centered concepts and approaches and links communication to fundamental biological processes instead. Written by a psychologist and a zoologist, it offers a new conceptual framework--assessment/management--that integrates detailed studies of communication with an understanding of evolutionary perspectives. The authors describe animals as managers, attempting to get other animals to behave in ways beneficial to the managing animal; and as assessors, behaving in their own interests that may or may not be in the interests of the manager. The authors contend that it is this interplay between management and assessment that results in the functioning and evolution of animal communication; it is what communicative behavior accomplishes that is important, not what information is conveyed.
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Donald Henry Owings
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Bachelor in Psychology, University Texas, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Washington, 1972.
Career
Assistant professor psychology, University of California, Davis, 1971-1978; associate professor, University of California, Davis, 1978-1983; professor, University of California, Davis, since 1983; chair department, University of California, Davis, 1989-1993.
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Animal Vocal Communication: A New Approach
(Animal Vocal Communication explicitly avoids human-center...)
- Animal Vocal Communication: A New Approach by Donald H. Owings (2008-08-21)
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Animal Vocal Communication: A New Approach
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Fellow Animal Behavior Society. Member International Society for Ecological Psychology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Comparative Psychology.
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Married Sharon Elizabeth Calhoun, January 29, 1966. Children: Ragon Matthew, Anna Rebekah.
