Learning: Principles and Applications - Hardcover

Klein, Stephen

9780070350946: Learning: Principles and Applications

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070350949 ISBN 13: 9780070350946

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US, 1991

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This text is intended for the intermediate and upper level courses on learning. It includes both animal and human research and covers verbal learning and memory as well as basic conditioning principles. Each chapter begins with a real-life story to introduce students to the material in that chapter and to stimulate their interest.

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“An approachable text that provides the detail needed to teach a course in the Psychology of Learning while not overwhelming the students.” (Charles A. Gramlich)

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- Use of real-world examples are presented throughout the text to help students better understand abstract concepts.

- Chapter Opening Vignettes - Each chapter begins with a story that will arouse student's interest and introduce them to the material that will be covered in the text.

- Critical Thinking Questions - Presented at the end of each section review, these questions allow students to synthesize material and thereby better understand concepts.

- Case Studies - Each chapter contains many real-world examples to show students the relevance of abstract concepts presented in the text.

- Pedagogy includes: Applications, Bibliography, Case Studies, Critical Thinking Questions, Glossary of Key Terms, Illustrations, Photographs, Section Reviews.
- EXPANDED COVERAGE OF:
Immune system conditioning and application to treatment of lupus
Behavior economics
Occasion-setting
Language learning in primates biological basic memory storage

- NEW COVERAGE OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:
Differential reinforcement schedules
Amsel's frustration theory of the partial reinforcement affect
Errorless discrimination learning
Cognitive control of behavior
Hopelessness theory
Cognitive learning process
Two basic measure of memory
Memory retrieval and forgetting

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