Animal Behavior (eBook)

Keller Breland, Marian Breland (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
352 Seiten
Storymakers, Inc. (Verlag)
978-0-9888079-6-9 (ISBN)

Infos

All effective modern animal training has a common basis: the discovery of "operant conditioning" by B.F. Skinner. Assisting in this research were Keller & Marian Breland, graduate students of Skinner who continued to develop the science into a systematic method for training animals. They documented their work in the seminal text, Animal Behavior, first published in 1966 but out of print for decades. This historic book brought the Brelands' research to the world.

In 2018, Animal Behavior was republished by Storymakers, Inc. with a slate of historic photographs and a Special Introduction by Dr. Robert E. Bailey, ScD.–esteemed colleague of the Brelands and first Director of Training for the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Training Program. Dr. Bailey’s introduction provides historic context for the contribution of the Brelands' work to behavior science.

Inhalt

NEW FOREWORD, BY ROBERT E. BAILEY, Sc.D.

NEW INTRODUCTION, BY ROBERT E. BAILEY, Sc.D.

FOREWORD, BY MELVIN H. MARX

PREFACE, BY MARIAN BRELAND

PART ONE: Inquiry and Argument

  1. A BACKWARD LOOK AT THE STUDY OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

      The Why

      The How

  2. THE BASIC NATURE OF BEHAVIOR                                   

      The Theory of Evolution

      The Evolution Story

      Vertebrate Evolution

      The Evolution of the Nervous System

      The Differential Age of Parts and Processes

      Summary: The Pattern of Vertebrate Life

      Cyclical Sequences of Behavior

      Relative Connectability

      The End of the Instinct-Learning Dichotomy

      Properties of the Natural Regression Process

  3. INTERPRETING EXPERIMENTS

      What Happens in the Skinner Box?

      Pavlov’s Experiment

      A New Outlook on the Two Conditioning Experiments

      Fresh Definitions of Conditioning Concepts

      The Laboratory Niche

  4. OBSERVATIONAL DATA ON ANIMAL SPECIES

      The Herbivores: Rabbits

      Herbivores: The Ungulates

      Carnivorous Species: Dolphins

      Carnivores: Rats to Raccoons

      Of, By, and For the Birds

      Monkey Business

  5. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

      The Theory of Evolution

      The Evolution Story

      Vertebrate Evolution

      The Evolution of the Nervous System

PART TWO: Historic Photographs

  [1]   ABE Personnel

  [2]   Automated Shows

  [3]   Show and Research Hardware

  [4]   Dolphins

  [5]   I.Q. Zoo (Hot Springs and Mobile)

  [6]   Keller Breland

  [7]   General Mills Larro Feeds Division

  [8]   Marian Breland Bailey

  [9]   Research

  [10] TV Commercials and Educational Materials

PART THREE: The Selected Readings

  [1]   “The Pine Processionary,” J. H. Fabre

  [2]   “Lecture II: Conditioned Reflexes,” I. P. Pavlov

  [3]   “Operant Conditioning,” F. S. Keller and W. N. Schoenfeld

  [4]   “The Taming of the Shrew,” K. Z. Lorenz

  [5]   “The Nature of Love,” H. F. Harlow

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.10.2019
• Einführung: Robert E Bailey
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Tiere / Tierhaltung
• Schlagworte: animal behavior • B.F. Skinner • Bob Bailey • Keller Breland • Marian Breland • operant conditioning • Robert Bailey
• ISBN-10: 0-9888079-6-3 / 0988807963
• ISBN-13: 978-0-9888079-6-9 / 9780988807969