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Comparative Psychology

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Learning from Animals?

Examining the Nature of Human Uniqueness

• Edited by Louise S. Röska-Hardy, and Eva M. Neumann-Held.

Published October 2008

Human language, cognition, and culture are unique; they are unparalleled in the animal kingdom. The claim that we can learn what makes us human by studying other animal species provokes vigorous reactions and many deny that comparative research can shed any light on the origins and character of…
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Comparative Psychology

Evolution and Development of Behavior, 2nd Edition

• By Mauricio R. Papini.

Published May 2008

Comparative Psychology (second edition) is a core textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate courses in Comparative Psychology, Animal Behavior, and Evolutionary Psychology. Its main goal is to introduce the student to evolutionary and developmental approaches to the study of animal behavior.…
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Behavior Analysis and Learning

Fourth Edition

• By W. David Pierce, and Carl D. Cheney.

Published May 2008

Behavior Analysis and Learning, Fourth Edition is an essential textbook covering the basic principles in the field of behavior analysis and learned behaviors, as pioneered by B. F. Skinner. The textbook provides an advanced introduction to operant conditioning from a very consistent Skinnerian…
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Animal Learning and Cognition, 3rd edition

An Introduction

• By John M. Pearce.

Published February 2008

Animal Learning and Cognition: An Introduction provides an up-to-date review of the principal findings from more than a century of research into animal intelligence. This new edition has been expanded to take account of the many exciting developments that have occurred over the last ten years.…
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Human Contingency Learning: Recent Trends in Research and Theory

A Special Issue of the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

• Edited by Tom Beckers, Jan De Houwer and Helena Matute.

Published March 2007

The present special issue presents an overview of recent developments and controversies in research on human contingency learning. Contributions range from purely fundamental, theoretical analyses, over empirically oriented reports, to more applied contributions, reflecting the breadth of scope of…
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The Gestural Communication of Apes and Monkeys

• Edited by Josep Call, and Michael Tomasello.

Published January 2007

The Gestural Communication of Apes and Monkeys is an intriguing compilation of naturalistic and experimental research conducted over the course of 20 years on gestural communication in primates, as well as a comparison to what is known about the vocal communication of nonhuman primates. The editors…
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Behavior Analysis Around the World

A Special Issue of the International Journal of Psychology

• Edited by Rubén Ardila.

Published December 2006

Behaviour analysis has tradionally been one of the main areas and main approaches to psychology. It is based on laboratory research and in conceptualizations from distinguished figures of the discipline, such as Skinner, Pavlov, Mach, and even Watson and Thorndike. It has generated a science (the…
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How to Think Like a Behavior Analyst

Understanding the Science That Can Change Your Life

• By Jon Bailey, and Mary Burch.

Published May 2006

How to Think Like a Behavior Analyst is a revolutionary resource for understanding complex human behavior and making potentially significant quality of life improvements. Behavior analysts offer a worldview of the human condition different than almost any other professional perspective. To a…
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Animal Cognition

• By Nick Lund.

Published April 2002

Animal Cognition looks at how non-human animals process information from their environment. Nick Lund has written an accessible and engaging account of this area of comparative psychology. The book contains chapters on animal navigation (including homing behaviour and migration), animal…
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Determinants of Animal Behaviour

• By Jo Anne Cartwright.

Published April 2002

Are animals intelligent? How do they learn to solve everyday survival problems? Can they be intentionally deceptive? The investigation of animal behaviour is an important and fascinating aspect of comparative psychology. Determinants of Animal Behaviour thoroughly covers the section on determinants…
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