Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Introducing the Study of Animal Behaviour.- Introduction Fields of Study.- Methods of Study of Animal Behaviour.- Instinct and Learning in the Natural Environment.- Adaptation to the Environment.- Development of Behaviour within the Individual Motivation.- Learning and Behaviour.- Different Kinds of Learning.- Comparative Study of Learning and Memory.- Applications of Learning Theory to Humans.- Animal Communication.- The Basis of Communication.- Social Communication.- Teaching Human Language to Animals.- Social Behaviour Forms of Social Organisation.- Territory and Social Organisation.- Social Dominance.- Parents and Offspring.- Bibliography.- Index.