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Minds of Their Own: Thinking and Awareness in Animals » Read Now
by Lesley J. Rogers. 214 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Do animals have ideas? Do they experience pain like humans? Do they think about objects that they cannot see? About situations that have occurred in the past? Do they consciously make plans for the future or do they simply react unthinkingly to objects as they appear and situations as they arise?...
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Do animals have ideas? Do they experience pain like humans? Do they think about objects that they cannot see? About situations that have occurred in the past? Do they consciously make plans for the future or do they simply react unthinkingly to objects as they appear and situations as they arise? All of these questions have bearing on whether or not animals have consciousness. The advent of computers that "think" has lead us to consider "intelligence" in a way we never thought possible a decade ago. But when and how does information processing in the brain become automatic?
In Minds of Their Own, Lesley J. Rogers examines the issue of animal thought both sympathetically and critically by looking at the different behavior characteristics of a variety of animals, the evolution of the brain and when consciousness might have evolved. To most people, to be conscious means to be aware of oneself as well as to be aware of others. But does this hold true for animals? The answer may have implications which transcend mere scientific inquiry: if animals are cognizant creatures, what, if any, moral responsibility do humans have to assure their rights? This timely book examines this issue and others by emphasizing comparisons between humans and animals: how we evolved; how we remember; how we learn.
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Wild Animals in and out of the Zoo » Read Now
by William M. Mann. 370 pgs.

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Infant Chimpanzee and Human Child: A Classic 1935 Comparative Study of Ape Emotions and Intellegence » Read Now
by Frans B. M. de Waal, N. N. Ladygina-Kohts, Boris Vekker. 452 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

N.N. Ladygina-Kohts earned her degree in comparative psychology at Moscow University in 1917, then became the first curator of the Darwin Museum in Moscow. Her pioneering work with the chimpanzee, Joni, was reported throughout the continent during her lifetime, earning her a series of honors in the...
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N.N. Ladygina-Kohts earned her degree in comparative psychology at Moscow University in 1917, then became the first curator of the Darwin Museum in Moscow. Her pioneering work with the chimpanzee, Joni, was reported throughout the continent during her lifetime, earning her a series of honors in the Soviet Union. Unfortunately, Infant Chimpanzee and Human Child, her diary comparing Joni's development with that of her son, Rudy, had never been translated completely. This volumepresents the first, complete English translation with 120 photographs, an introduction by Allen and Beatrix Gardner of the Center for Advanced Study at the University of Nevada and an Afterword by Lisa A. Parr, Signe Preuschoft, and Frans B. M. de Waal of the Living Links Center.
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Context and Animal Behavior I: Introduction and Review of Theoretical Issues, in Ecological Psychology » Read Now
by Donald H. Owings, Richard G. Coss. 9 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
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Context and Animal Behavior II: The Role of Conspecifics in Species-Typical Perceptual Development, in Ecological Psychology » Read Now
by Robert Lickliter. 13 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
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Quantitative Analyses of Behavior, Vol. VIII: Behavioral Approaches to Pattern Recognition and Concept Formation (Includes discussion of animal behavior in multiple chapters) » Read Now
by Michael L. Commons, Richard J. Herrnstein, Stephen M. Kosslyn, David B. Mumford. 226 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
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Quantitative Analyses of Behavior, Vol. VI: Foraging (Includes discussion of animal behavior in multiple chapters) » Read Now
by Michael L. Commons, Alejandro Kacelnik, Sara J. Shettlewort. 298 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
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Information Processing in Animals: Memory Mechanisms » Read Now
by Ralph R. Miller, Norman E. Spear. 392 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
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Social Learning in Animals: The Roots of Culture » Read Now
by Bennett G. Galef Jr., Cecilia M. Heyes. 412 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

The increasing realization among behaviorists and psychologists is that many animals learn by observation as members of social systems. Such settings contribute to the formation of culture. This authoritative book combines the knowledge of two groups of scientists with different backgrounds to...
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The increasing realization among behaviorists and psychologists is that many animals learn by observation as members of social systems. Such settings contribute to the formation of culture. This authoritative book combines the knowledge of two groups of scientists with different backgrounds to establish a working consensus for future research. Various perspectives on controversial topics by a well-known, international, and interdisciplinary team are presented in this unique text. Social Learning in Animals is essential as an introduction to this field of study as well as a starting point for the more experienced researcher.
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The Question of Animal Awareness: Evolutionary Continuity of Mental Experience » Read Now
by Donald R. Griffin. 138 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
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Play and Exploration in Children and Animals » Read Now
by Thomas G. Power. 497 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library
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Sexual Selections: What We Can and Can't Learn about Sex from Animals » Read Now
by Marlene Zuk. 239 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

"Zuk's analogies are better than anyone's--pithy, insightful, and funny. Who said feminists lack humor? Zuk made me laugh with deep pleasure more than once, as she reviewed the lessons of feminism for our understanding of non-human animals. Her main point--that studying the lives of non-humans...
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"Zuk's analogies are better than anyone's--pithy, insightful, and funny. Who said feminists lack humor? Zuk made me laugh with deep pleasure more than once, as she reviewed the lessons of feminism for our understanding of non-human animals. Her main point--that studying the lives of non-humans should not be for the lessons they seem to provide for our political purposes, but for the pleasure of knowing nature on its own terms--will be compelling reading for all naturalists, feminists and not-feminists alike."--Patricia Adair Gowaty, editor of "Feminism and Evolutionary Biology
"Marlene Zuk uniquely combines a great breadth of knowledge about the behavior of animals with an ability to challenge conventional wisdom. She also writes with a graceful style and a mischievous wit. The result is a bold, fresh and feminist book about how our sex lives evolved."--Matt Ridley, author of "Genome
"This is an engaging and much needed book, which I hope will be widely read."--Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, author of"Mother Nature: Maternal Instincts and How They Shape the Human Species
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Dolphin Cognition and Behavior: A Comparative Approach » Read Now
by Ronald J. Schusterman, Jeanette A. Thomas, Forrest G. Wood. 394 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
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Self-Regulation and Animal Behavior, in Psychological Inquiry » Read Now
by Arthur Tomie. 3 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library