Generalization Hypothesis of Abstract-Concept Learning: Learning Strategies and Related Issues in Macaca mulatta, Cebus apella, and Columba livia

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 387-397

  Wright, Anthony A ^a   Katz, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

concepts; generalization; monkeys; pigeons; same different

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; MACACA; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; COLUMBIDAE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MACACA MULATTA; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 38149129475     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.121.4.387     Document Type: Article

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