| Description |
1 online resource (283 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover Page; Halftitle Page; Title page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1. Statement of Themes; 1.1 Natural history; 1.2 The definition of behaviour; 1.3 'Learning' and 'instinct*; 1.4 Explaining behaviour; 1.4.1 Subjective and objective; 1.4.2 Questions of quantity; 1.5 Conclusions; 2. Movement in the Living Space; 2.1 Range and territory; 2.2 Appetitive and exploratory behaviour; 2.2.1 A problem of motivation; 2.2.2 The causes of activity; 2.2.3 Spontaneous alternation; 2.2.4 Attention to change; 2.2.5 Exploration as 'reward'; 2.3 Neophobia; 2.4 The ecology of exploration and avoidance |
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2.4.1 The functions of exploration2.4.2 Avoidance behaviour; 2.5 Conclusions; 3. Feeding Behaviour; 3.1 General; 3.2 The components of feeding behaviour; 3.2.1 Directional movement; 3.2.1.1 Olfactory stimuli; 3.2.1.2 Social stimuli; 3.2.2 Avoidance and its aftermath; 3.2.3 Eating; 3.2.4 Carrying and hoarding; 3.3 Factors influencing choice of food; 3.3.1 Physiological effects of food; 3.3.1.1 Favourable effects; 3.3.1.2 Unfavourable effects; 3.3.2 Palatability and aversion; 3.3.3 Social facilitation; 3.4 Internal mechanisms; 3.4.1 The problems; 3.4.2 Thirst; 3.4.3 'General hunger' |
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3.4.3.1 Stimuli from the gut3.4.3.2 Internal states; 3.4.3.3 Defining 'hunger'; 3.4.4 Ingestion of sodium chloride; 3.4.5 The central nervous system; 3.5 Conclusions; 4. Rat 'Societies'; 4.1 The definition of social behaviour; 4.2 The group; 4.2.1 The causes of cohesion; 4.2.1.1 Non-social effects; 4.2.1.2 Huddling; 4.2.1.3 Cutaneous stimuli; 4.2.1.4 Odours; 4.2.1.5 Noises; 4.2.2 The family; 4.3 Conflict and territory; 4.3.1 Evidence from ecology; 4.3.2 Conditions for conflict; 4.3.3 Fighting and its consequences; 4.3.3.1 Motor components; 4.3.3.2 Releasing and suppressing stimuli |
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4.3.3.3 Dominance and subordination4.4 Laboratory rats; 4.5 Relationships between species; 4.5.1 Behaviour of Rattus rattus; 4.5.2 The two species together; 4.6 Animal communication; 4.7 Conclusions on rat societies; 5. Fixed Patterns and Heredity; 5.1 Description; 5.1.1 General; 5.1.2 Grooming; 5.1.3 Nest building; 5.1.4 Sensory abilities; 5.2 Reproductive behaviour; 5.2.1 Mating; 5.2.1.1 Description; 5.2.1.2 Signals; 5.2.1.3 Internal processes: nervous system; 5.2.1.4 Internal processes: endocrine system; 5.2.1.5 The ontogeny of mating behaviour; 5.2.2 Maternal behaviour |
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5.3 Heredity and behaviour5.3.1 Genetical variation; 5.3.2 The development of behaviour; 5.3.3 'Lamarckism' and behaviour; 5.4 'Instinct'; 5.5 Synthesis; 6. A Taxonomy of Learning; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 'Associative* learning; 6.2.1 General; 6.2.2 Conditional reflexes; 6.2.3 Habituation; 6.2.4 Trial-and-error behaviour; 6.3 'Insight' behaviour; 6.4 The problem of 'intelligence'; 7. Analysis of Learning; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The 'conditioned-reflex' myth; 7.3 The factors of learning and extinction; 7.3.1 The stimuli; 7.3.1.1 The sensory modalities; 7.3.1.2 Direction-finding |
| Notes |
7.3.1.3 Generalization and discrimination |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Rats -- Psychology
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Rats -- Psychology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351475501 |
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1351475509 |
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