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Communication Elements Constraining Animal Learning and Performance

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Over 20 years ago, comparative psychology was sharply criticized by Beach (1950) for excessive use of the albino rat and by Lorenz (1950) for not being properly comparative. More recently, comparative psychology has again been criticized, this time for not being sufficiently behavioral, biological, or evolutionary as well as for holding an inadequate phylogeny (Hodos and Campbell, 1969; Lockard, 1971; Wilcock, 1972). Such criticism identifies limits of the American behavioristic tradition, particularly of typical psychological investigations of animal learning and motivation.

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Reynierse, J.H. (1974). Communication Elements Constraining Animal Learning and Performance. In: Krames, L., Pliner, P., Alloway, T. (eds) Nonverbal Communication. Advances in the Study of Communication and Affect, vol 1. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0868-3_1

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