How Animals Think and Feel by Ken Cheng
This highly accessible book explains key scientific findings in the areas of animal cognition, emotion, and behavior in easy-to-understand language. Why do dogs get separation anxiety? Can a chimpanzee recognize itself in a mirror? Do animals in a zoo get neurotic? Do animals actually have emotions, or are humans simply anthropomorphizing them? How Animals Think and Feel: An Introduction to Non-Human Psychology answers these interesting questions and many more in its examination of animal psychology—particularly non-human primates (our closest relatives) and companion animals (the animals with which we spend the most time). Readers will learn about the history of the study of animals as well as the methodologies and applications of animal research, examples of higher-level thought and problem solving in animals, learning and memory, emotion, and basic behaviors such as feeding and mating. Chapters examine specific animal species or groups in greater depth to address particular behaviors and discuss characteristic traits. The book also includes sidebars that offer additional high-interest, ready-reference content; a bibliography of print and electronic sources for further study; and a glossary of unfamiliar terms.
Overall, this volume fills an important gap in the field by providing an approachable introduction to these topics for psychology studentsSumming Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; general readers. * Choice *
Ken Cheng, PhD, is professor of biological sciences at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781440837142 |
| ISBN 10 | 1440837147 |
| Title | How Animals Think and Feel |
| Author | Ken Cheng |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Greenwood |
| Year published | 2016-10-03 |
| Number of pages | 312 |
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