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''Adaptive Behavior and Learning''
''Adaptive Behavior and Learning''
by J.E.R. Staddon
by J.E.R. Staddon
==Contents==
==Contents (2003 Internet Edition==
*[[Adaptive Behavior and Learning: Title Page| Title Page]]
*[[Adaptive Behavior and Learning: Title Page| Title Page]]
*[[Adaptive Behavior and Learning: Preface| Preface]]
*[[Adaptive Behavior and Learning: Preface| Preface]]

Revision as of 12:07, 18 May 2006

Print edition cover

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

Contents (2003 Internet Edition

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