Psychology of Associative Learning: 13 (Problems in the Behavioural Sciences, Series Number 13) - Softcover

Shanks, David R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521449766 ISBN 13: 9780521449762

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

A state-of-the-art description of current psychological research in learning and memory.

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From the Back Cover

It is hard to think of any significant aspect of our lives that is not influenced by what we have learned in the past. Of fundamental importance is our ability to learn the ways in which events are related to one another, called associative learning. This book provides a fresh look at learning theory and reviews extensively the field of human associative learning and the advances made over the past twenty years. The Psychology of Associative Learning begins by establishing that the human associative learning system is rational in the sense that it accurately represents event relationships. David Shanks goes on to consider the informational basis of learning, in terms of the memorisation of instances, and discusses at length the application of connectionist models to human learning. The book concludes with an evaluation of the rule of induction in associative learning. This will be essential reading for graduate students and final year undergraduates of psychology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521449766
• ISBN 13: 9780521449762
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208