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Tables of Contents for The Biology of Communication
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
 
Acknowledgments
xiii
 
Introduction to the Biology of Communication: Toward the Development of Scientific Theories of Communication
1
12
Geneses of Communibiology
2
1
The Basic Idea
3
1
Why ``Communibiology?''
4
1
Psychobiology as a Point of Departure
4
2
Communibiology as Paradigm Rather Than Religion
6
2
Issues Readers Can Expect to Confront
8
5
Necessary and Desirable Characteristics of Scientific Theory in Communication
13
14
An Overview of Scientific Theory
15
2
Necessary Features of Scientific Theory
17
3
Criteria for Evaluating Theory
20
4
Irrelevant Criteria for Evaluating Theory
24
1
Approaches to Theory
25
1
Goals of Theoretical Work
26
1
Rationale for a New Paradigm: Limitations of Existing Models of Communication
27
16
Communication as Learned Behavior
28
9
Communication as Adaptation to Situation
37
4
The Demise of Radical Environmentalism
41
2
Revisiting Discarded Models of Communication: Methodological and Conceptual Oversights Underlying the Rejection of Trait Models
43
14
Oversights in the Criticism of Trait Models
44
10
Psychobiology and the Resurgence of Trait Perspectives
54
3
Contributions of Contemporary Temperament Theorists and Psychobiologists: A Brief Overview
57
10
Temperament as Behavioral Pattern
58
4
Temperament as Personality Profile
62
3
Temperament as Neurobiological Functioning
65
1
Conclusion
65
2
Communication as Temperamental Expression: Communibiology
67
16
Temperament and Communication
67
2
A Trait Perspective on Communication
69
2
Assumptions Leading to Communibiology
71
8
Rationale for Focusing on Temperament
79
1
A Tentative Conceptualization of Communication
80
3
Dimensions of Communicative Functioning: Super Traits
83
10
Extraversion, Neuroticism, and Psychoticism
85
5
Alternatives to Eysenck's Big Three
90
1
Intellectual Competence
91
2
Neurobiological Bases of Communicative Functioning
93
14
Composition and Structure of the Human Brain
94
2
Functional Organization of Brain Regions
96
8
Evolution, Genetics, Neurobiology, and Communibiology
104
1
Summary
105
2
Strategies for Communibiological Research
107
8
Alternative Research Models for Communibiological Research
107
7
Opportunities for Interdisciplinary Research
114
1
Implications for Theory and Research: What Needs Doing and What It All Means
115
12
Implications for Communication Theory
116
5
Implications for Communication Research
121
6
Implications of Communibiology for Applied Contexts: How Does It Change Our Approach in the ``Real World?''
127
8
Paradigmatic Assumptions
128
2
The Role of Culture
130
1
Communication in the ``Real World''
130
5
Epilogue
135
4
References
139
12
Author Index
151
4
Subject Index
155