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An introduction to comparative psychology
C. Lloyd Morgan
- 01 Jan 1900
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TL;DR: Theoretical roots of early behaviourism: Functionalism, the Critique of Introspection, and the Nature and Evolution of Consciousness as mentioned in this paper are discussed in detail in the book Theoretical Roots of Early Behaviourism.
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Abstract: The Theoretical Roots of Early Behaviourism: Functionalism, the Critique of Introspection, and the Nature and Evolution of Consciousness. (An Anthology of 26 articles by John Dewey and Henry Bode, among others)[1842-1914] 360pp The Experimental and Comparative Roots of Early Behaviourism: Studies of Animal and Infant Behaviour. (An Anthology of 12 articles by Charles Darwin and Leonard Hobhouse, among others) [1840-1911] 412pp An Introduction to Comparative Psychology [1894] Conwy Lloyd Morgan 628pp Comparative Physiology of the Brain and Comparative Psychology [1900] Jacques Loeb 342pp Fundamental Laws of Human Behaviour [1911] Max Frederick Meyer 264pp Behaviour. An Introduction to Comparative Psychology [1914] John Broadus Watson 482pp
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