Learning and behavior : Active learning edition /
Chance, Paul
Learning and behavior : Active learning edition / Paul Chance. - sixth edition - United States of America: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning,Inc. 2009. - xx, 505 pages : illustration; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction: Learning to Change 1 The Study of Learning and Behavior 34 Pavlovian Conditioning 66 Pavlovian Applications 105 Operant Reinforcement 133 Operant Punishment 188 Operant Applications 218 Vicarious Learning 264 Generalization, Discrimination. and Stimulus Control 302 Schedules of Reinforcement 346 Forgetting 388 The Limits of learning 425 Glossary 448 References 457 Author Index 489 Subject Index 498
"LEARNING AND BEHAVIOR looks at learning as an evolutionary mechanism. Chance's book is stimulating, interactive, and peppered with high-interest queries and examples. Chance provides the depth of conceptual knowledge usually associated with books twice as dense and infinitely less interesting. Chance's engaging work has become a favorite of students because of his ability to illuminate how the psychology of learning can offer insight into their own behavior."
9780534598686
Conditional response
Learning, Psychology of
Nature and nurture
150.1943
Learning and behavior : Active learning edition / Paul Chance. - sixth edition - United States of America: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning,Inc. 2009. - xx, 505 pages : illustration; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction: Learning to Change 1 The Study of Learning and Behavior 34 Pavlovian Conditioning 66 Pavlovian Applications 105 Operant Reinforcement 133 Operant Punishment 188 Operant Applications 218 Vicarious Learning 264 Generalization, Discrimination. and Stimulus Control 302 Schedules of Reinforcement 346 Forgetting 388 The Limits of learning 425 Glossary 448 References 457 Author Index 489 Subject Index 498
"LEARNING AND BEHAVIOR looks at learning as an evolutionary mechanism. Chance's book is stimulating, interactive, and peppered with high-interest queries and examples. Chance provides the depth of conceptual knowledge usually associated with books twice as dense and infinitely less interesting. Chance's engaging work has become a favorite of students because of his ability to illuminate how the psychology of learning can offer insight into their own behavior."
9780534598686
Conditional response
Learning, Psychology of
Nature and nurture
150.1943