| Description |
1 online resource (464 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Introduction; Conceptual Issues in the Ecological Study of Learning; I. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES; 1. Historical Notes on the Biology of Learning; 2. Anagenesis: Theoretical Basis for the Ecological Void in Comparative Psychology; 3. Methodological Issues in the Ecological Study of Learning; II. THE ECOLOGY OF LEARNING: EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; 4. Learning to Forage: An Ecological Perspective; 5. Taste-Aversion Learning in Ecological Perspective; 6. Social Learning in Wild Norway Rats |
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7. Restraints on Ground Squirrel Antipredator Behavior: Adjustments over Multiple Time Scales8. An Ecological Approach to Development of Spatial Orientation; 9. Learning by Performing: An Ecological Theme for the Study of Vocal Learning; III. THE ECOLOGY OF LEARNING: THEORETICAL PROBLEMS; 10. How to Draw Learning Curves: Their Use and Justification; 11. Learning and the Description of the Environment; 12. The Environmental Dimensions that Influence Behavior; 13. An Ecological Approach to the Evolution of Behavior; IV. ALTERNATIVES TO THE ECOLOGICAL APPROACH |
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14. The Slaying of Goliath: What Happened to Reinforcement Theory15. The General Process Approach to Animal Learning; Author Index; Subject Index |
| Summary |
First published in 1985. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pietrewicz, A. T
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| ISBN |
9781317768418 |
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1317768418 |
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