Fundamentals of Comparative Cognition

Name: Fundamentals of Comparative Cognition
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ISBN: 9780195343106

ISBN-10: 0195343107

ISBN-13: 9780195343106

Edition: 2013

Authors: Sara J. Shettleworth, Paul Bloom, Lynn Nadel

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With the growing accessibility of original journal articles and papers, a staggering number of professors teaching junior/senior level courses are turning away from the use of textbooks in favor of primary research papers. The Fundamentals of Cognition series covers the main topics in thefield of Cognitive Psychology, and will address the need professors have for a brief, yet detailed, overview of specific topics in cognitive psychology. The books in this series will serve as a unifying discussion of the topic and provide continuity and cohesion to the discussion of primaryresearch papers. These primers will be written by prominent cognitive scientists with the ability to write accessibly…

Book details

List price: $69.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 3/13/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.19" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.660



Series Introduction


Preface



What Is Comparative Cognition About?


"From Darwin to Behaviorism": A Little History


Research in the Twenty-First Century: Tool-Using Crows


How This Book Is Organized



Basic Processes


Perception and Attention


Memory


Associative Learning


Discrimination, Classification, and Concepts



Physical Cognition


Spatial Cognition: How Do Animals Find Their Way Around?


Two Timing Systems


Numerical Cognition


Putting It Together: Foraging and Planning


Using Tools



Social Cognition


Social Behavior: The Basics


Social Learning


Communication



Comparative Cognition and Human Uniqueness


Different in Degree or Kind?


Clues from Modularity and Development


References


Credits


Name Index


Subject Index