Animal Learning and Cognition, 2nd edition: An Introduction (Volume 4)

Pearce, John M.

ISBN 10: 0863774342 / ISBN 13: 9780863774348

Published by Psychology Press, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Animal Learning and Cognition, 2nd edition: An Introduction (Volume 4)
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0863774342
• ISBN 13: 9780863774348
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.