
Adaptive Dynamics
The Theoretical Analysis of Behavior
John E. R. Staddon(Author)
Bradford Books (Publisher)
Published on 22. June 2001
Book
Hardback
420 pages
978-0-262-19453-2 (ISBN)
Description
In this book J.E.R. Staddon proposes an explanation of behavior that lies between cognitive psychology, which seeks to explain it in terms of mentalistic constructs, and cognitive neuroscience, which tries to explain it in terms of the brain. Staddon suggests a new way to understand the laws and causes of learning, based on the invention, comparison, testing, and modification or rejection of parsimonious real-time models for behavior. The models are neither physiological nor cognitive: they are behavioristic. Staddon shows how simple dynamic models can explain a surprising variety of animal and human behavior, ranging from simple orientation, reflexes, and habituation through feeding regulation, operant conditioning, spatial navigation, stimulus generalization, and interval timing.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Massachusetts
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
156 illus.; 156 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
848 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-19453-2 (9780262194532)
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Person
J.E.R. Staddon is James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Professor of Zoology and Neurobiology at Duke University.