1st Edition

Animal Psychology Its Nature and its Problems

By J.A. Bierens de Haan Copyright 1948
162 Pages
by Routledge

162 Pages
by Routledge

162 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1948, the author follows the idea that the instincts are "the spring and basis of all animal behaviour (with the exception perhaps of play), and therewith the core of the animal’s mind, and that individual experience, gathered by the animal in the course of its life, may influence and reconstruct these instincts, so as to guide, in the form of intelligence and... Read more

Preface.  1. The Problem of Animal Psychology  2. The Problem of Animal Instinct  3. The Problem of Animal Learning  4. The Problem of Animal Intelligence  5. The Problem of Animal Understanding  6. The Problem of Animal Ideation  7. The Problem of the Animal’s World.  Bibliography.  Index.

Biography

J. A. Bierens de Haan