Pavlov claimed that his experiments with dogs would transform the study of psychology and the treatment of mental illness. His work inspired researchers to study how animals learn to traverse mazes, avoid shocks, or press levers to obtain food, and also to compare the learning and cognitive abilities of different species, ranging from apes and dolphins to rats and pigeons. This book describes five decades of research into animal learning and comparative psychology, examining Pavlov's influence on this research and discoveries made by scientists who accepted many of his claims, while others looked for evidence to reject them. Drawing together diverse strands of research and providing historical and biographical information to bring the details to life, this is an ideal resource for graduate students and researchers in behavioural neuroscience, as well as for anyone in adjacent fields with an interest in learning theory.
Author(s): Robert A. Boakes
Edition: 1
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2023
Language: English
Commentary: Publisher PDF | Published: October 2023
Pages: 375
City: Cambridge, New York
Tags: Animal Behaviour; Life Sciences; Biological Psychology; Psychology; Pavlov
Pavlov’s Legacy
pp i-ii
How and What Animals Learn
Pavlov’s Legacy - Title page
pp iii-iii
How and What Animals Learn
Copyright page
pp iv-iv
Contents
pp v-viii
Preface
pp ix-xii
Acknowledgments
pp xiii-xiv
1 - Ivan Pavlov, Conditioned Reflexes and Experimental Neuroses
pp 1-25
2 - Developing Habits
pp 26-50
Clark Hull and the Hullians
3 - Learning Where Things Are and Where Events Happen
pp 51-69
4 - Fear, Avoidance, and Punishment
pp 70-102
5 - Comparative Psychology
pp 103-146
Species Differences in What Animals Can Learn?
6 - Imprinting and Constraints on Learning
pp 147-172
7 - Discrimination Learning, Attention and Stimulus Generalization
pp 173-213
8 - B.F. Skinner and the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
pp 214-257
9 - How Animals Learn to Associate Events
pp 258-302
Notes
pp 303-321
References
pp 322-347
Index
pp 348-355
