Learning: A Behavioral, Cognitive, and Evolutionary Synthesis - Softcover

Frieman, Jerome; Reilly, Stephen

 
9781483359236: Learning: A Behavioral, Cognitive, and Evolutionary Synthesis
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1483359239 ISBN 13: 9781483359236
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2015

Synopsis

Learning: A Behavioral, Cognitive, and Evolutionary Synthesis by Jerome Frieman and Steve Reilly provides an integrated account of the psychological processes involved in learning and conditioning and their influence on human behavior. With a skillful blend of behavioral, cognitive, and evolutionary themes, the text explores various types of learning as adaptive specialization that evolved through natural selection. Robust pedagogy and relevant examples bring concepts to life in this unique and accessible approach to the field.

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About the Authors

Jerome Frieman earned his PhD from Kent State University in Ohio. He has been at Kansas State University since 1968. Over the course of his career, he engaged in research on operant conditioning in pigeons, rats, and dwarf hamsters; Pavlovian conditioning in rats; social learning in dwarf hamsters; and extraordinary memory in a human participant. He is the author of Learning and Adaptive Behavior and co-author of Memory Search by a Memorist.

Steve Reilly obtained his D.Phil. from the University of York, England, for research concerning the neural basis of learning and memory. He has held positions in England, Canada and the United States, and is now in the Department of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His research focuses on the neural mechanisms and functional neuroanatomy of conditioned taste aversion learning and incentive learning. Dr. Reilly is the editor of two books (Conditioned Taste Aversion: Behavioral and Neural Processes and Associative Learning and Conditioning Theory: Human and Non-Human Applications) and is currently on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Comparative Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience.

From the Back Cover

An integrated and coherent student exploration of the current state of knowledge within the study of learning.

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Publisher
SAGE Publications, Inc
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1483359239
ISBN 13 
9781483359236
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
612