Playing with the umwelten: seeing the world through their eyes

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dc.contributor.authorKraus, Kelly L.
dc.contributor.supervisorPellis, Sergio M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-28T21:10:11Z
dc.date.available2019-05-28T21:10:11Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis unites two contrasting projects within the framework of one concept: the umwelt – which stresses the need to view the world from the subject’s perspective. The first project is a comparative analysis of the play fighting in several species of Old World monkeys. All species attacked and defended the same body targets and used similar combat tactics. Surprisingly, whereas two species focused more on biting, the other two adopted tactics to enhance the opportunity for competition. The second project involves a story about play written for young children. An analysis of the parents’ impressions of the children’s responses revealed that the sex and interests of the child greatly influenced their attentiveness to the story. Thus, the thesis demonstrates that the umwelt is a powerful conceptual tool for understanding how the subjects perceive and react to the world, whether describing behaviour, or communicating with an audience.en_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5370
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subject0621en_US
dc.proquest.subject0384en_US
dc.proquest.subject0472en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : Universtiy of Lethbridge, Department of Neuroscienceen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Neuroscienceen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectPerspective (Philosophy)en_US
dc.subjectPerception (Philosophy)en_US
dc.subjectPlay behavior in animalsen_US
dc.subjectGuinea baboon -- Behavioren_US
dc.subjectHamadryas baboon -- Behavioren_US
dc.subjectMandrillus -- Behavioren_US
dc.subjectChildren's literatureen_US
dc.subjectPlay -- Juvenile literatureen_US
dc.subjectBiology -- Semioticsen_US
dc.subjectPreschool children -- Attitudesen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.subjectanimal play behaviouren_US
dc.subjectplay fightingen_US
dc.subjectplay in children's storiesen_US
dc.subjectpreschool aged child perspectiveen_US
dc.subjectprimate behaviouren_US
dc.subjectumwelten_US
dc.titlePlaying with the umwelten: seeing the world through their eyesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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