Investigation of Mind in Animals

Klappentext First published in 1923, this book provides a brief account of the methods used in animal psychology and the aims of the discipline. Zusammenfassung First published in 1923 as the second edition of a 1922 original! this book provides a brief account of the methods used in animal psychology and the aims of the discipline. Smith questions the point of evolutionary organization at which complex mental phenomena can be identified in animals. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the second edition; 1. Introductory: Protozoan behaviour; 2. Retentiveness: habit-formation; 3. Associative memory and sensory discrimination; 4. Instinct; 5. Homing; 6. Imitation; 7. The evidence for intelligence and for ideas; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: E. M. Smith, E.m. Smith
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.12.2013
• EAN: 9781107626560
• ISBN: 978-1-107-62656-0
• No. of pages: 206
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; SCIENCE / History, Experimental Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Experimental Psychology, History of Science, Animal behaviour, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Ethology and animal behaviour