The Development of Numerical Competence: Animal and Human Models

ISBN-13: 9780805812312 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 296 str.

Boysen, Sarah T.

Opis

The studies described in this book characterize the emergence of number-related abilities in rats, pigeons, chimpanzees, and humans. It examines the cognitive capabilities demonstrated throughout many species.

Spis treści

Contents: Part I: Empirical Approaches to Counting (or Numerical Competence) in Animals. M. Rilling, Invisible Counting Animals: A History of Contributions from Comparative Psychology, Ethology, and Learning Theory. S.T. Boysen, Counting in Chimpanzees: Nonhuman Principles and Emergent Properties of Number. W.K. Honig, Numerosity as a Dimension of Stimulus Control. D.M. Rumbaugh, D.A. Washburn, Counting by Chimpanzees and Ordinality Judgments by Macaques in Video-Formatted Tasks. Part II:Counting: Criteria and Relations to Basic Processes. H. Davis, Numerical Competence in Animals: Life Beyond Clever Hans. R.K. Thomas, R.B. Lorden, Numerical Competence in Animals: A Conservative View. D.J. Miller, Do Animals Subitize? H.A. Broadbent, R.M. Church, W.H. Meck, B.C. Rakitin, Quantitative Relationships Between Timing and Counting. Part III:Counting in Humans and Animals: Theoretical Perspectives. E.J. Capaldi, Animal Number Abilities: Implications for a Hierarchical Approach to Instrumental Learning. C.R. Gallistel, A Conceptual Framework for the Study of Numerical Estimation and Arithmetic Reasoning in Animals. E. von Glasersfeld, Reflections on Number and Counting. W.A. Wickelgren, Chunking, Familiarity, and Serial Order in Counting.

O autorze

Sarah T. Boysen, E. John Capaldi, E. John Capaldi, Sarah T. Boysen, E. John Capaldi