Comparative psychology / edited by Edward L. Thorndike ... R.H. Waters ... Calvin P. Stone ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thorndike, Edward L. (Edward Lee), 1874-1949, author.

Contributor:

Moss, Fred August, 1893-1966, editor.

Fields, Paul E., editor.

Waters, R. H., editor.

Stone, Calvin P. (Calvin Perry), 1892-1954, editor.

Series:

Prentice-Hall psychology series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology, Comparative.

Medical Subjects:

Psychology, Comparative.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1942.

Summary:

"During the last eight years, an enormous amount of work has been completed in the field of Comparative Psychology. While the results of this work have been published in the journals, they are not generally available in any usable form. It was with a view to making them easily accessible to students that this second edition has been prepared. Through cooperative efforts, singularly free from the secretive reserve sometimes found among specialists, a book more representative of Comparative Psychology as it is today has been obtained than could reasonably be expected from the hand of a single contributor in this varied and ever-expanding field. Breadth of view and wealth of subject matter more than compensate for a certain lack of unification inevitably present in a work of this kind. This book examines comparative psychology and looks specifically at animal psychology, history, maturation, motivation, individual differences, social behavior, and more." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved).

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.

Why study animal psychology? / Edward L. Thorndike

The historical background of comparative psychology / R. H. Waters

Maturation and "instinctive" functions / Calvin P. Stone

Motivation / Calvin P. Stone

The effects of drugs and internal secretions on animal behavior / F. A. Moss

Discrimination / Paul E. Fields

The neurology of learning / Donald G. Marquis

The conditioned reflex / Howard S. Liddell

Learning / W. T. Heron

Complex learning processes / W. T. Heron

Theoretical interpretations of learning / Kenneth W. Spence

Individual differences / Robert C. Tryon

Social behavior of animals / Otto L. Tinklepaugh.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (APA PsycNet, viewed September 1, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version: Comparative psychology.

OCLC:

988814589

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license