Comparative psychology (rev ed.)

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology, Comparative.

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Other Title:

Comparative psychology

Place of Publication:

New York : $b Prentice-Hall, Inc, $c 1942.

Contents:

1. Why study animal psychology?

2. The historical background of comparative psychology

3. Maturation and "instinctive" functions

4. Motivation

5. The effects of drugs and internal secretions on animal behavior

6. Discrimination

7. The neurology of learning

8. The conditioned reflex

9. Learning

10. Complex learning processes

11. Theoretical interpretations of learning

12. Individual differences

13. Social behavior of animals.