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Author Staddon, J. E. R.

Title Adaptive dynamics : the theoretical analysis of behavior / J.E.R. Staddon.

Publication Info. Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, [2001]
©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 423 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-411) and index.
Contents 1. Theoretical Behaviorism : aim and methods -- 2. Adaptive function, I : the allocation of behavior -- 3. Adaptive function, II : behavioral economics -- 4. Trial and error -- 5. Reflexes -- 6. Habituation and memory dynamics -- 7. Motivation, I : feeding dynamics and homeostasis -- 8. Motivation, II : a model for feeding dynamics -- 9. Motivation, III : incentive and schedule effects -- 10. Assignment of credit -- 11. Stimulus control -- 12. Spatial search -- 13. Times, I : pacemaker-accumulator models -- 14. Time, II : multiple-time-scale theory -- 15. Times, III : MTS and time estimation -- 16. Afterword.
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Subject Behaviorism (Psychology)
Behaviorism (Psychology)
Psychology, Comparative.
Psychology, Comparative.
Behavior.
Adaptation, Psychological.
Behavior, Animal.
Learning.
Models, Psychological.
Psychology, Comparative.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Staddon, J.E.R. Adaptive dynamics. Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, ©2001 0262194538 (DLC) 00064594 (OCoLC)44905135
ISBN 9780262284189 (electronic book)
0262284189 (electronic book)
0262194538
9780262194532