An Introduction to Theories of LearningFor undergraduate and graduate courses in Learning Theory and Learning in departments of psychology and education. Accessible for undergraduates yet thorough enough for graduate students, this comprehensive text defines learning and shows how the learning process is studied. The text places learning in its historical perspective, giving students an appreciation for the figures and theories that have shaped 100 years of learning theory research. |
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... important trait or attitude is inherited . For Plato , one such attribute is knowledge . Aristotle , however , did not totally reject nativism . For him the reasoning powers used to abstract knowl- edge from sensory experience are ...
... important trait or attitude is inherited . For Plato , one such attribute is knowledge . Aristotle , however , did not totally reject nativism . For him the reasoning powers used to abstract knowl- edge from sensory experience are ...
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... important is encouraged . Intrinsic reinforcement is thought to be of minimal importance . It is also important for the Skinnerian teacher to move from a 100 percent reinforcement schedule to a partial reinforcement schedule . During ...
... important is encouraged . Intrinsic reinforcement is thought to be of minimal importance . It is also important for the Skinnerian teacher to move from a 100 percent reinforcement schedule to a partial reinforcement schedule . During ...
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... important for one kind of learning but not for another . Drive may be important for instrumental conditioning but not for what Tolman called sign learning . It may be that the laws of classical and instrumental condition- ing are the ...
... important for one kind of learning but not for another . Drive may be important for instrumental conditioning but not for what Tolman called sign learning . It may be that the laws of classical and instrumental condition- ing are the ...
Contents
APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF LEARNING | 12 |
EARLY NOTIONS ABOUT LEARNING | 27 |
PART TWO PREDOMINANTLY FUNCTIONALISTIC THEORIES | 49 |
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An introduction to theories of learning Matthew H. Olson,Baldwin R. Hergenhahn No preview available - 2008 |
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A₁ According activity animal associated aversive Bandura become behavior behaviorists Bolles brain called causes cell assemblies Chapter child classical conditioning cognitive structure complex concept conditioned response contiguity cues dopamine drive effect elements elicit environment Estes's evolutionary psychology example experience experimental explain extinction fear Figure function Gestalt Gestaltists goal Guthrie Guthrie's Hamilton's Rule Hebb Hebb's Hull Hull's human important individual influence inhibition innate instrumental conditioning intervening variables involved latent learning law of effect learned response learning process learning theory memory ment neural neurons object observational learning occurs operant organism paired paradigm Pavlov pecking performance Piaget Postulate predictions presented primary reinforcer principle problem punishment rats reaction reinforcement schedule relationship secondary reinforcer self-efficacy sensory shock situation Skinner Skinner box solve specific Spence stimulus theorists theory of learning Thorndike Thorndike's tion Tolman trial variable