Animal intelligence : experimental studies /: experimental studies. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edward L. Thorndike ; with a new introduction by Darryl Bruce.
• Authors: Thorndike, Edward L (Edward Lee), 1874-1949
• Other Names: Bruce, Darryl writer of introduction.
• Contents: The Study of Consciousness and the Study of Behavior -- Animal Intelligence -- Description of Apparatus -- Experiments with Cats -- Experiments with Dogs -- Experiments with Chicks -- Reasoning or Inference -- Imitation -- The Mental Fact in Association -- Association by Similarity and the Formation Of Concepts -- Criticism of Previous Theories -- Delicacy Of Association -- Complexity of Associations -- Number of Associations -- Permanence of Associations -- Inhibition of Instincts by Habit -- Attention -- The Social Consciousness of Animals -- Interaction -- Applications to Pedagogy, Anthropology, etc. -- Conclusion -- The Instinctive Reactions of Young Chicks -- A Note on the Psychology of Fishes -- The Mental Life of the Monkeys -- Apparatus -- Learning without Tuition -- Experiments on the Influence of Tuition -- General Mental Development of the Monkeys -- Laws and Hypotheses of Behavior -- The Evolution of the Human Intellect.
• Publisher Details: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 591.5/13; Animal intelligence; Animal intelligence; Intelligenz; Lernverhalten; Tierversuch; Verhaltensforschung; Wirbeltiere; Animaux -- Intelligence; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351321020; 1351321021
• Related ISBNs: 9780765804822
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.