1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911141301903321

Autore

Rumbaugh Duane M (Duane Marwin), <1929-2017.>

Titolo

Intelligence of apes and other rational beings / / Duane M. Rumbaugh and David A. Washburn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Heaven, : Yale University Press, c2003

ISBN

9786611730161

9781281730169

1281730165

9780300129359

0300129351

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource (xvii, 326 p.) ) : ill., ports

Collana

Current perspectives in psychology

Classificazione

CZ 8000

Altri autori (Persone)

WashburnDavid A. <1961->

Disciplina

156

Soggetti

Apes - Psychology

Animal intelligence

Psychology, Comparative

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-309) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Adaptation -- 3. Sculpting of Tendencies -- 4. Learning, the Foundation of Intelligence -- 5. Limitations of Respondents and Operants -- 6. First Lessons from Primates -- 7. Primate Research at the San Diego Zoo -- 8. Interesting Events at the San Diego Zoo -- 9. The LANA Project, 1971 -- 10. The Assembling of Language -- 11. Kanzi! -- 12. Asking Questions so That Animals Can Provide the Right Answers -- 13. When Emergents Just Don't Emerge -- 14. Animals Count -- 15. Brain Business -- 16. Processes Basic to Learning and Reinforcement -- 17. Harlow's Bridge to Rational Behaviors -- 18. Rational Behaviorism -- 19. Overview and Perspective -- Epilogue -- References -- Recommended Reading -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

What is animal intelligence? In what ways is it similar to human intelligence? Many behavioral scientists have realized that animals can be rational, can think in abstract symbols, can understand and react to human speech, and can learn through observation as well as conditioning many of the more complicated skills of life. Now Duane



Rumbaugh and David Washburn probe the mysteries of the animal mind even further, identifying an advanced level of animal behavior-emergents-that reflects animals' natural and active inclination to make sense of the world. Rumbaugh and Washburn unify all behavior into a framework they call Rational Behaviorism and present it as a new way to understand learning, intelligence, and rational behavior in both animals and humans. Drawing on years of research on issues of complex learning and intelligence in primates (notably rhesus monkeys, chimpanzees, and bonobos), Rumbaugh and Washburn provide delightful examples of animal ingenuity and persistence, showing that animals are capable of very creative solutions to novel challenges. The authors analyze learning processes and research methods, discuss the meaningful differences across the primate order, and point the way to further advances, enlivening theoretical material about primates with stories about their behavior and achievements.

2.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN00286365

Titolo

Ecological Sustainability of Fish Resources of Inland Waters of the Western Balkans : Freshwater Fish Stocks, Sustainable Use and Conservation / Vladica Simić, Snežana Simić, Vladimir Pešić editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, : Springer, 2023

Descrizione fisica

XXII, 707 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

577

338.927

333.95

591

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia