Adaptive Behavior and Learning

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Adaptive Behavior and Learning by J.E.R. Staddon

Title Page
Preface
Chapter 1
- Niches, similarities and differences
- Philosophical background
- Evolution and development
Chapter 2
- Simple orientation mechanisms
- Reflex mechanisms
- Inhibition and reflex strength
Chapter 3
- Taxes
- The integration of behavior
- The nature of explanation
Chapter 4
- Causal and functional analysis of operant behavior
- The logic of historical systems
Chapter 5
- Reinforcement and the law of effect
- Contingency and feedback functions
Chapter 6
- Reinforcement and homeostasis
- Obesity and schedule performance: a static analysis
Chapter 7
- Utility and adaptation to constraint
- The allocation of behavior
- Experimental applications
Chapter 8
- Optimal choice
- Matching and maximizing
- Overall maximizing
Chapter 9
- Diet selection and functional response
- Natural feedback functions
Chapter 10
- The definition of stimulus
- Stimulus generalization
- Similarity
Chapter 11
- Inhibitory and excitatory' control
- Behavioral contrast and discrimination performance
- Competition and matching
Chapter 12
- Time-allocation constraints: the pressure model
Chapter 13
- Temporal control
- Memory and spatial learning
Chapter 14
- Template learning
- Reinforced learning
Chapter 15
- Historical background: operant and respondent behavior
- Behavioral variation: the origins of operant behavior
- The guidance of action
- Experimental applications
Chapter 16
- Conditioned reinforcement
- Avoidance and escape
- Extinction

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