Learning : behavior and cognition
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Bibliographic Information
Learning : behavior and cognition
Brooks/Cole Pub. Co., c1993
2nd ed
Available at 7 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 531-567) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Intended for upper-level courses in principles of learning, animal learning and learning and memory, this text shows how learning principles revealed in animal research can be applied to human behaviour. Rather than leaving students with the impression that learning is an isolated phenomenon involving only classical conditioning, reinforcement and formation of associations, the author also reveals its relationship to cognitive processes, such as memory and thinking. The author's coverage of the Rescoria-Wagner model should enable students to understand the importance of neural network models in learning research and perceive the links between associative learning and higher cognitive processes. This edtion includes a new chapter on biological factors in learning.
Table of Contents
- An introduction to associative learning. Classical conditioning: Foundations of conditioning
- Principles and applications
- Theories of conditioning. Instrumental conditioning: Reinforcement
- Response suppression
- Applications
- Theories of reinforcement: the law of effect revisited. Theoretical processes in associative learning: Learning in an evolutionary context
- What is learned? Associative versus cognitive theories of learning
- How is it learned? An information processing model
- Is associative learning simple or complex?
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