124 Pages
by
Routledge
124 Pages
by
Routledge
124 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1970, this is a survey of findings on the learning of young animals and human infants. In an attempt to discover some of the characteristic features of early learning, it examines all types of learning from conditioning and the primitive process known as ‘imprinting’, usually associated with ducklings, to the beginnings of understanding and language. The so-called... Read more
Preface. 1. Early and Later Learning 2. Conditioning the Young 3. Classical Imprinting 4. Imprinting and Human Behaviour 5. Reactivity and Docility 6. Sensitive Periods 7. Imitation 8. The Beginnings of Language 9. The Emergence of Individuality 10. Early Learning: Theorizing and Research. Index.
Biography
W. Sluckin
