Cognitive Processes in Animal Behavior / Edition 1

by Stewart H. Hulse, Harry Fowler, Werner K. Honig

Overview

Originally published in 1978, this title starts with an introductory essay in which a metatheoretical and philosophical approach to the problem of cognition in animals is discussed. The succeeding chapters are arranged, topically, from basic associative processes to higher mental operations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138562158
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/22/2018
Series:	Psychology Library Editions: Comparative Psychology
Pages:	482
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Stewart H. Hulse, Harry Fowler and Werner K. Honig

Table of Contents

Preface. 1. On the Conceptual Nature of Cognitive Terms: An Initial Essay Werner K. Honig 2. Some Implications of a Cognitive Perspective on Pavlovian Conditioning Robert A. Rescorla 3. Stimulus Relationships and Feature Selection in Learning and Behavior Eliot Hearst 4. The Role of Stimulus Learning in Defensive Behavior Robert C. Bolles 5. Cognitive Associations as Evident in the Blocking Effects of Response-Contingent CSs Harry Fowler 6. Cognitive or Associative Theories of Conditioning: Implications of an Analysis of Blocking N.J. Mackintosh 7. Expectancies and the Priming of STM Allan R. Wagner 8. Studies of Working Memory in the Pigeon Werner K. Honig 9. Selective Attention and Related Cognitive Processes in Pigeons Donald A. Riley and H.L. Roitblat 10. The Internal Clock Russell M. Church 11. Cognitive Structure and Serial Pattern Learning by Animals Stewart H. Hulse 12. Characteristics of Spatial Memory David S. Olton 13. Cognitive Mapping in Chimpanzees Emil W. Menzel 14. On the Abstractness of Human Concepts: Why it Would Be Difficult to Talk to a Pigeon David Premack. Author Index. Subject Index.