Animal cognition: an introduction to modern comparative psychology

Abstract

Preface 1. Origins and Development of the Study of Animal Cognition The Darwinian Heritage and Nineteenth-Century Psychology The Behaviorist Break The Emergence of the Cognitive Approach The Modern Concepts of Representation and Memory The Study of Representation in Animals Problems Posed by the Study of Cognition in Animals 2. Laboratory Methods for Assessing Representation in Animals Learning Sets Mastery of Relations between Stimuli Category Formation Serial Learning as Evidence of Nonverbal Thought Mental Images in Animals Summary and Current Debate 3. Piagetian Studies in Animal Psychology Developmental Psychology and Comparative Psychology The Development of Intelligence Sensorimotor Activities in Animals Concrete Operations in Animals Summary and Current Debate 4. Tool Use and Spatial and Temporal Representations Tool Use Spatial Representations Temporal Representations Summary and Current Debate 5. Social Cognition Experimental Methods for the Study of Social Cognition Social Cognition in Monkeys Social versus Nonsocial Cognition Suggestions for Future Research Summary and Current Debate 6. Animal Communication and Human Language Comparisons of Animal and Human Communication Language-Trained Animals Differences in the Use of Signs by Apes and Children Pre-Linguistic Communication in Human Infants and Chimpanzee Infants Summary and Current Debate 7. Imitation, Self-Recognition, and the Theory of Mind Is There Evidence for Imitation in Animals? The Attribution of Mental States in Animals Self-Knowledge and Self-Recognition Relationships between Mirror Recognition, Social Attribution, Imitation, and Teaching Summary and Current Debate 8. An Agenda for Comparative Cognitive Studies Cognitive Ethology: Mental Representations or Mental Experiences? The Generalist versus Ecological Approach to Animal Cognition Conclusions References Index