Advances in the Study of Behavior
Academic Press
Published on 15. December 1972
216 pages
978-0-08-058265-8 (ISBN)
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Advances in the Study of Behavior
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Advances in the Study of Behaviour: v. 4
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10/1972
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- Front Cover
- Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 4
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Contents of Previous Volumes
- Chapter 1. Constraints on Learning
- I. Introduction
- II. The External Stimulus
- III. Differences among Reinforcers
- IV. Constraints on the Response
- V. The Relationship between the Response and the Reinforcer
- VI. The Relationship between the Stimulus and the Response
- VII. Specificity of Stimulus to Reinforcer
- VIII. Learning in the Wild
- IX. Species Differences
- X. Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 2. Female Reproduction Cycles and Social Behavior in Primates
- I. Scope
- II. Reproductive Cycles: Background
- III. Reproductive Cycles and Copulation
- IV. Secondary Sexual Behavior
- V. Rank and Agonistic Behavior
- VI. Agonistic Behavior between Males
- VII. The Converse: Effect of Agonistic Behavior and Rank on Female Reproductive Cycles
- VIII. Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 3. The Onset of Maternal Behavior in Rats, Hamsters, and Mice: A Selective Review
- I. Introduction
- II. Sensitization or Priming
- III. Effects of Gestation and Parturition
- IV. Hormonal Treatments, Plasma Transfer, and Cross-Transfusion
- V. Conclusions: Comparison between the Different Ways of Inducing Maternal Behavior
- References
- Chapter 4. Sexual and Other Long-Term Aspects of Imprinting in Birds and Other Species
- I. Introduction
- II. Evidence for Early Determination of Sexual Preferences
- III. Characteristics of Sexual Imprinting
- IV. Conditions for the Establishment of Preferences
- V. Early Determination of Preferences Other Than Sexual
- VI. Context and Biological Significance of Imprinting
- References
- Chapter 5. Recognition Processes and Behavior, with Special Reference to Effects of Testosterone on Persistence
- I. Introduction
- II. Food Search Tests in Chicks
- III. Theories of Recognition
- IV. Processes Responsible for Persistence in the Chick
- V. Persistence in Situations Other Than Food Search
- VI. Is the Effect of Testosterone on Search a Physiological One?
- VII. Effects of Steroids on Human Cognition
- VIII. Conclusions: Motivational implications
- Appendix
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
