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"Pavlov's work played a vital role in the development of animal learning research. This book examines his influence on the following 50 years of research, providing extensive coverage of key studies and contributors. Intended for graduate students and researchers in behavioural neuroscience, as well as those interested in learning theory"--
List of contents
1. Ivan Pavlov, Conditioned reflexes and experimental neuroses; 2. Developing habits: clark hull and the hullians; 3. Learning where things are and where events happen; 4. Fear, avoidance and punishment; 5. Comparative psychology: species differences in what animals can learn; 6. Imprinting and constraints on learning; 7. Discrimination learning and attention; 8. B. F. Skinner and the experimental analysis of behavior; 9. How animals learn to associate events.
About the author
Robert A. Boakes is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Sydney. He has held positions at universities in the UK and USA, focussing his research efforts on the study of learning, mainly in animals. He has published numerous articles on animal learning and co-authored a Cambridge handbook on animal training, Carrots and Sticks (2007), following his highly regarded previous Cambridge book, From Darwin to Behaviourism (1984).
Summary
Pavlov's work played a vital role in the development of animal learning research. This book examines his influence on the following 50 years of research, providing extensive coverage of key studies and contributors. Intended for graduate students and researchers in behavioural neuroscience, as well as those interested in learning theory.
