The Investigation of Mind in Animals

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-107-62656-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 225 g

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 and examines a variety of psychological abilities in animals, including form identification and the homing instinct. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in animal psychology and the history of the science.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, E. M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Experimentelle Psychologie

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.