Animal Learning And Cognition: An Introduction - Couverture souple

Pearce, John M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0863774342 ISBN 13 : 9780863774348

Editeur : Psychology Press Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

Book by Pearce John M

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is a revision of An Introduction to Animal Cognition. The book reviews the main principles and experimental findings that have emerged from a century of research into animal intelligence. The book opens with an account of the various methods that have been used to study the intelligence of animals. The next four chapters then examine the contribution made by learning processes to intelligent behaviour. Topics covered include Pavlovian and instrumental conditioning, discrimination learning, categorisation, and an introduction to connectionist theories of learning. The second half of the book is concerned with animal cognition. There is a chapter on the representation of time, number and serial order. Additional chapters are devoted to memory, navigation, social learning, and language and communication. Issues raised throughout the book are reviewed in a concluding chapter that examines the way in which intelligence is distributed throughout the animal kingdom.

Biographie de l'auteur

John Pearce gained a B.Sc in Psychology from the University of Leeds, and a D. Phil in Experimental Psychology from the University of Sussex. After conducting research at the Universities of York and Cambridge he moved to a lectureship in the Department of Psychology at Cardiff University in 1980, where he is now Professor of Psychology. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2006.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Psychology Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0863774342
• ISBN 13: 9780863774348
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 352