Problems in the Behavioural Sciences – serie
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Theoretical Approaches to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Häftad, 2006
871 kr
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder is currently the subject of considerable research, since recent epidemiological studies have suggested that the condition is more prevalent than was originally believed. This book offers a critical discussion of the most important theories that have been put forward to …
Latent Inhibition and Conditioned Attention Theory
Av R. E. Lubow
Häftad, 2009
781 kr
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Latent inhibition is an exquisitely simple, robust and pervasive behavioural phenomenon - the reduced ability of an organism to learn new associations to previously inconsequential stimuli. It has been demonstrated in a variety of animals, including humans, across many different learning tasks. The …
Frustration Theory
An Analysis of Dispositional Learning and Memory
Av Abram Amsel
Inbunden, 1992
2146 kr
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We live in a world in which inconsistency is the rule rather than the exception and this is particularly true for rewards and frustrations. In some cases, rewards and frustrative non-rewards appear randomly for what seems to be the same behaviour; in others a sequence of rewards is suddenly …
Computer Models of Mind
Computational approaches in theoretical psychology
Av Margaret A. Boden, Jeffrey Gray m. fl.
Häftad, 1988
993 kr
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What is the mind? How does it work? How does it influence behavior? Some psychologists hope to answer such questions in terms of concepts drawn from computer science and artificial intelligence. They test their theories by modeling mental processes in computers. This book shows how computer models …
Frustration Theory
An Analysis of Dispositional Learning and Memory
Av Abram Amsel, Jeffrey Gray m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
944 kr
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We live in a world in which inconsistency is the rule rather than the exception and this is particularly true for rewards and frustrations. In some cases, rewards and frustrative non-rewards appear randomly for what seems to be the same behaviour; in others a sequence of rewards is suddenly …
Thirst
Av Barbara J. Rolls, Edmund T. Rolls m. fl.
Häftad, 1982
537 kr
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Thirst is a subjective sensation, triggered by a lack of water and accompanied by the desire to drink. As a powerful and compelling sensation, it is perhaps only exceeded by the hunger for air and by pain, and is central to any concern with the overall mechanisms of homeostasis. Drinking is …
Contemporary Animal Learning Theory
Av Anthony Dickinson, Jeffrey Gray m. fl.
Häftad, 1981
569 kr
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This 1980 book provides a general but comprehensive study of the way in which animals learn and in particular, learn about the relationship between events in their environment. The study of animal learning and conditioning can be approached from two very different perspectives. The psychologist can …
Hunger
Av J. Le Magnen
Häftad, 1986
616 kr
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From birth, the urge to eat is the most common everyday experience. Eating to be nourished is the most basic behaviour of human life, and is one of the main functions in all living organisms. Clear answers to a number of important questions have only recently begun to emerge. Why are animals …
Motivational Systems
Av Frederick M. Toates, Jeffrey Gray
Häftad, 1986
600 kr
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This well-written and lively account of the principles of how motivational systems operate includes discussions of both theories and empirical results from individual systems. It reviews current experimental evidence on hunger, thirst, sex and other areas and argues that common factors must be …
Biology and Emotion
Häftad, 1989
846 kr
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There have been rapid and important advances in all behavioural sciences in recent years. These advances have in one sense been very diverse and specialised - sufficiently so for a scientist to quickly lose touch with the current concerns of even neighbouring researches: but in some cases the …
Human Organic Memory Disorders
Häftad, 1988
1274 kr
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Brain damage can cause memory to break down in a number of different ways, the analysis of which can illuminate how the intact brain mediates memory processes. After first considering the problems involved in assessing memory, this book provisionally advances a taxonomy of elementary memory …
Latent Inhibition and Conditioned Attention Theory
Av R. E. Lubow
Inbunden, 1989
2084 kr
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Latent inhibition is an exquisitely simple, robust and pervasive behavioural phenomenon - the reduced ability of an organism to learn new associations to previously inconsequential stimuli. It has been demonstrated in a variety of animals, including humans, across many different learning tasks. The …
Incentive Relativity
Av Charles F. Flaherty, Jeffrey Gray m. fl.
Inbunden, 1996
1677 kr
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Disappointment and recovery occur frequently in life; as does irritation regarding ones financial or economic state compared to others. Incentive relativity is the study of this phenomenon, and this book provides a full account of the subject, suitable for behavioral scientists and psychologists. …
The Psychology of Associative Learning
Inbunden, 1995
1598 kr
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It is hard to think of any significant aspect of our lives that is not influenced by what we have learned in the past. Of fundamental importance is our ability to learn the ways in which events are related to one another, called associative learning. This book provides a fresh look at associative …
The Psychology of Associative Learning
Av David R. Shanks, Jeffrey Gray m. fl.
Häftad, 1995
600 kr
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It is hard to think of any significant aspect of our lives that is not influenced by what we have learned in the past. Of fundamental importance is our ability to learn the ways in which events are related to one another, called associative learning. This book provides a fresh look at associative …
Theoretical Approaches to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Av Ian Jakes
Inbunden, 1996
1777 kr
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder is currently the subject of considerable research, since recent epidemiological studies have suggested that the condition is more prevalent than was originally believed. This book offers a critical discussion of the most important theories that have been put forward to …
Genius
The Natural History of Creativity
Av H. J. Eysenck, Jeffrey Gray m. fl.
Häftad, 1995
1075 kr
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Genius: The Natural History of Creativity presents a novel theory of genius and creativity, based on the personality characteristics of creative persons and geniuses. Starting with the fact that genius and creativity are related to psychopathology, it uses modern research into the causes of …
Incentive Relativity
Av Charles F. Flaherty, Jeffrey Gray m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
585 kr
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Disappointment and recovery occur frequently in life; as does irritation regarding ones financial or economic state compared to others. Incentive relativity is the study of this phenomenon, and this book provides a full account of the subject, suitable for behavioral scientists and psychologists. …
