Learning
A Behavioral, Cognitive, and Evolutionary Synthesis
- Jerome Frieman - Kansas State University, USA
- Steve Reilly - University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
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Learning
August 2015 | 608 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Learning: A Behavioral, Cognitive, and Evolutionary Synthesis 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.
Chapter 1: Where Learning Fits Into the Big Picture
Part I: Learning to Predict Important Events
Chapter 2: The Procedure and Phenomena We Call Pavlovian Conditioning
Chapter 3: Pavlovian Conditioning Is an Inference Task
Chapter 4: Identifying the Predictors of Significant Events
Chapter 5: The Representations of Knowledge in Pavlovian Conditioning
Chapter 6: From Knowledge to Behavior: The Forms and Functions of Conditioned Responses
Part II: Learning About the Consequences of One’s Behavior
Chapter 7: The Procedures and Phenomena We Call Operant Conditioning
Chapter 8: How Individuals Adjust Their Behavior to Meet the Demands of the Situation
Chapter 9: Adjusting to Schedules of Partial Reinforcement
Chapter 10: Life Is About Making Choices
Chapter 11: Inference and the Representations of Knowledge in Operant Conditioning
Chapter 12: The Similarities Between Operant Conditioning and Natural Selection
Part III: The Social Transmission of Knowledge
Chapter 13: Social Learning
Dpt chose other Sage text (Klein)
Psychology, Montgomery College-Takoma Park
August 28, 2021
I like the text very much except it is extremely skewed toward Behavioral theory of learning. Very little is addressed with regard to other major learning theories. If I were teaching course on ABA's, I would consider using this text; however, I need to be able to teach students that there is more than just one theory out there.
Psychology Dept, Kean University
September 3, 2016