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Ecological Learning Theory (Hardcover)
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Ecological Learning Theory (Hardcover)
Series: Psychology Library Editions: Comparative Psychology
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Originally published in 1989, this title presents a view of
adaptive behaviour which integrates both evolutionary and
psychological perspectives on learning. The study of learning, and
in particular conditioning, had evolved in isolation from the rest
of the biological sciences, and until the late 1980s had largely
ignored the fact that learning processes are adaptive functions
subject to the pressures of evolutionary selection. This text is
designed to give a thorough insight into contemporary views of
learning mechanisms, at the same time incorporating an evolutionary
perspective on the function and performance of learning. Graham
Davey gives a detailed introduction to evolutionary approaches to
behaviour and basic learning phenomena such as Pavlovian and
instrumental conditioning. He also provides a comparative
introduction to both learning and performance aspects of
conditioning. He covers ecological approaches to adaptive behaviour
(e.g. foraging theory), specialized learning processes such as
concept formation, spatial learning, and language learning.
Innovative in its integration of ecological and evolutionary
approaches with more traditional associative views of learning, the
book introduces the reader to learning in a very wide variety of
species other than the traditional laboratory rat and pigeon. It
will be valuable to anyone with a general interest in animal
behaviour, and also to those with a specific interest in learning,
adaptive behaviour, and evolutionary approaches to behaviour.
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