Review of An Introduction to Animal Psychology: The Behavior of the Rat

Abstract

Reviews the book, An Introduction to Animal Psychology: The Behavior of the Rat by Norman L. Munn (1933). This book is an introduction to the problems and methods of animal psychology and at the same time a systematic review of the literature on the behavior of the rat. In addition, to the introduction, in which the author briefly touches upon the historical use of the rat as a laboratory animal and outlines his task, there are seven chapters headed as follows: unlearned behavior, general activity and persistence of response in the presence of obstruction, sensory processes, the role of sensory processes in maze behavior, the learning process, the nature and theoretical basis of learning, and symbolic processes. The author brings together the problems, methods, techniques, facts, and theories in the field of animal psychology. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)