Principles of Animal Psychology"For nearly thirty years, 'Principles of Animal Psychology' has been considered the definitive treatment of the development of animal behavior and the comparative psychology of all animals- from the most primitive life forms to the higher mammals. Long indispensable to students, teachers, and researchers in comparative psychology, this is the most comprehensive systematic text in the field. Its readable style and clear exposition afford profitable reading for both scientists and layman. This republication represents a significant addition to the literature as five important subsequent papers by the authors are included to indicate their present thinking in the area. This work is exceptional in that it covers just about the entire range of animal life (also, some plants) in contrast to most other texts, which deal only with mammals. Part I is a survey of the major types of inframammalian animals, analyzing and comparing the behavior and characteristics types in relation to their structural equipment, and tracing the development of complexity in adaptation, from simple multicellular animals through echinoderms, worms, mollusks, insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and birds. Employing this evolutionary approach, the authors set out to determine the 'psychological standing' of each animal form, with the object of discerning what principle are fundamental to animal adjustment. In Part II and III, the principles arrived at in Part I are developed further, and additional principles are discussed. At the same time, the authors examine the major problems and experimental conclusions relating to the behavior of mammals. Throughout the book is found a large amount of information on methodology, animal structure, and historical developments. The supplement includes recent contributions by the authors (1942-1961) on such issues as instinctive behavior, mechanisms in conditioning, frustration theory, selector-integrator mechanisms, and biphasic processes underlying approach and withdrawal. Interest in this area has greatly broadened in recent years, and this enlarged edition offers an unmatched guide to the older literature as well as contemporary views. It furnishes an inexhaustible source of experimental data and material otherwise difficult to obtain. This work will be invaluable to others interested in a field which serves to provide a body of theory and experimental results upon which human psychology is greatly dependent. "- Publisher. |
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GENERAL INTRODUCTION I | 1 |
PART III | 2 |
PRINCIPLES DISCERNIBLE IN THE BEHAVIOR | 7 |
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