| Description |
1 online resource : text file, PDF |
| Series |
Psychology Library Editions: Comparative Psychology |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1 Early and Later Learning; 1 Early Learning and Early Experience; II Learning Early and Later in Life; III A Comparative Approach; IV Modifiability of Early Behaviour; V The Study of Early Learning; Chapter 2 Conditioning the Young; I Chicks, Puppies and Other Infant Animals; II Young Monkeys; III Human Infants; IV Some Concluding Remarks; Chapter 3 Classical Imprinting; I The Initial Stages; II The Testing of Imprinting |
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III Effectiveness of Stimulus FiguresIV Imprinting with Static Environment; V Familiarity and Fear; VI Sexual Imprinting; VII Altricial Birds; VIII Some Research Trends; IX The Character of Imprinting; Chapter 4 Imprinting and Human Behaviour; I Imprinting in Precocial Mammals; II Social Attachments in Altricial Mammals; III Imprinting in Human Infants?; IV Imprinting-like Human Early Learning; Chapter 5 Reactivity and Docility; I Habituation and Reactivity; II Early Experience and Later Exploratory Behaviour; III Perceptual Development; IV Learning to Learn |
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V Early Deprivation and Early LearningChapter 6 Sensitive Periods; I Development and Learning; II The Concept of Critical Period; III Some Findings and Views; IV Some Issues for Debate; Chapter 7 Imitation; I Social Facilitation and Observational Learning in Young Animals; II Imitative Behaviour in Children; III Terminology; IV Theoretical Approaches to Imitation; Chapter 8 The Beginnings of Language; I Early Learning to Speak; II Different Types of Theoretical Approach; III Operant Learning; IV Other Traditional-type Accounts; V Non-traditional Views; VI Some Empirical Findings |
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Chapter 9 The Emergence of IndividualityI Personality Development and Learning; II Studies of Non-human Primates; III Early Deprivation in Children; IV Parental Care and Training; V Early Learning and Later Psychopathology; Chapter 10 Early Learning: Theorizing and Research; I One or More Types of Learning?; II Varieties of Training Methods; III Conditions of Early Learning; IV Knowledge and Speculation; V Prospects; Index |
| Notes |
"Originally published in 1970, this is a survey of findings on the learning of young animals and human infants. In an attempt to discover some of the characteristic features of early learning, it examines all types of learning from conditioning and the primitive process known as 'imprinting', usually associated with ducklings, to the beginnings of understanding and language. The so-called 'critical' periods for social learning and personality development are considered at some length, and a close look is taken at research methods used in studying early learning, and at the needs and problems of current research. As a textbook for students of psychology, biology and sociology this book would have been invaluable at the time of publication. It should still also be of interest to research workers in the fields of animal behaviour and developmental psychology, and to practising psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers, as it is an up-to-date summary of all the knowledge concerning early learning at the time."--Provided by publisher |
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Child psychology.
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Imprinting (Psychology)
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Learning, Psychology of.
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Psychology, Comparative.
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Imprinting, Psychological
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Psychology, Comparative
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Child psychology
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Imprinting (Psychology)
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Learning, Psychology of
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Psychology, Comparative
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315151076 |
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1315151073 |
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9781351365635 |
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1351365630 |
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9781351365611 |
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1351365614 |
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