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Author:   Thomas R. Zentall ,  B. G. Galef, Jr. ,  Thomas R. Zentall
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Psychology Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9780805801040

ISBN 10:   0805801049
Pages:   370
Publication Date:   01 January 1988
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

PART I • SOCIAL LEARNING: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES 1 • IMITATION IN ANIMALS: HISTORY, DEFINITION, AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA FROM THE PSYCHOLOGICAL LABORATORY 2 • AN EVOLUTIONARY MODEL OF SOCIAL LEARNING: THE EFFECTS OF SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATON PART II • SOCIAL INFLUENCES ON AVOIDANCE LEARNING 3 • SOCIAL LEARNING AND THE ACQUISITION OF SNAKE FEAR IN MONKEYS 4 • CULTURAL TRANSMISSION OF ENEMY RECOGNITION BY BIRDS 5 • DIRECT AND OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING BY RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS (AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS): THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPLEX VISUAL STIMULI PART III • SOCIAL INFLUENCES ON FORAGING AND FEEDING 6 • COMMUNICATION OF INFORMATION CONCERNING DISTANT DIETS IN A SOCIAL, CENTRAL-PLACE FORAGING SPECIES: RATTUS NORVEGICUS 7 • MECHANISMS, ECOLOGY, AND POPULATION DIFFUSION OF SOCIALLY-LEARNED, FOOD-FINDING BEHAVIOR IN FERAL PIGEONS 8 • SOCIAL LEARNING ABOUT FOOD BY HUMANS PART IV • SOCIAL LEARNING OF ARBITRARY RESPONSES 9 • EXPERIMENTALLY MANIPULATED IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR IN RATS AND PIGEONS 10 • LEARNING IN THE RAT OF A CHOICE RESPONSE BY OBSERVATION OF S-S CONTINGENCIES 11 • LEARNED IMITATION BY PIGEONS 12 • CULTURE AND GENETICS IN THE HOUSE MOUSE PART V • SOCIAL INFLUENCES ON COMMUNICATION 13 • THE ROLE OF SOCIAL FACTORS IN WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW SONG DEVELOPMENT 14 • THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL INTERACTION AND OBSERVATION IN THE ACQUISITION OF COMMUNICATVE COMPETENCE: POSSIBLE PARALLELS BETWEEN AVIAN AND HUMAN LEARNING 15 • INFANTS IMITATION OF NOVEL AND FAMILIAR BEHAVIORS 16 • THE HUMAN INFANT AS “HOMO IMITANS”.

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Thomas R. Zentall UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY Bennett G. Galef, Jr. MCMASTER UNIVERSITY

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