Contemporary Animal Learning Theory

A comprehensive 1980 study of the way in which animals learn particularly about the relationship between events in their environment.

List of contents

Foreword Jeffrey Gray; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Conditions of learning; 3. Associative representations; 4. Mechanisms of learning; References; Index.

Summary

A general but comprehensive 1980 study of the way in which animals learn and in particular, learn about the relationship between events in their environment. The study of animal learning and conditioning can be approached from two very different perspectives, surveyed here by Dr Dickinson.

Product details

• Authors: Anthony Dickinson
• Assisted by: Michael Gelder (Editor), Jeffrey Gray (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.03.2011
• EAN: 9780521299626
• ISBN: 978-0-521-29962-6
• No. of pages: 190
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 247 g
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Modern Bi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works