Animal Motivation 9789400908314, 9400908318, 9789401068604, 9401068607
The topic of animal motivation deals with how and why animals engage in particular activities: what mechanisms inside th
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Table of contents :
1 Introduction --
1.1 Tinbergen's framework --
1.2 The key processes --
1.3 Historical background of ethology and psychology --
1.4 The concepts of instinct and drive --
2 Ethology of motivation --
2.1 Some behavioural concepts --
2.2 Ontogeny of feeding in chicks --
2.3 Motivation as a constraint on learning --
2.4 Combination of factors --
2.5 Interactions between motivational systems --
2.6 Quantitative models for motivational processes --
2.7 Cognitive approaches --
3 Physiology of motivation --
3.1 Invertebrate systems --
3.2 Homeostasis --
3.3 Arousal and the reticular activating system in cats --
3.4 Hunger and brain lesions in rats --
3.5 Hormones and sexual drives in canaries and lizards --
3.6 Conclusions --
4 Ecology of motivation --
4.1 Optimal behaviour --
4.2 Matching and maximizing --
4.3 Individual differences --
4.4 Hunger and foraging --
4.5 Signalling of intentions --
Overview --
References --
Author index.
