Animal Intelligence is a consolidated record of Edward L.
Thorndike's theoretical and empirical contributions to the
comparative psychology of learning. Thorndike's approach is
systematic and comprehensive experimentation using a variety of
animals and tasks, all within a laboratory setting. When this book
first appeared, it set a compelling example, and helped make the
study of animal behavior very much an experimental laboratory
science.
This landmark study in the investigation of animal intelligence
illustrates Thorndike's thinking on the evolution of the mind. It
includes his formal statement of the influential law of effect,
which had a significant impact on other behaviorists. Hull's law of
primary reinforcement was closely related to the law of effect and
Skinner acknowledged that the process of operant conditioning was
probably that described in the law of effect.
The new introduction by Darryl Bruce is an in-depth study of
Thorndike's legacy to comparative psychology as well as a thorough
retrospective review of Animal Intelligence. He includes a
biographical introduction of the behaviorist and then delves into
his theories and work. Among the topics Bruce covers with respect
to Thorndike's studies are the nature of animal intelligence, the
laws of learning and connectionism, implications for comparative
psychology, and relation to theories of other behaviorists. Animal
Intelligence is an intriguing analysis that will be of importance
to psychologists and animal behaviorists.
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