Thoroughly revised, this edition presents a clear exploration of conditioning and learning across humans and animals. It blends classic experiments with modern neuroscience findings and examines real-life applicationsâ from app discernment to wine tastingâ augmented by instructive videos and a companion website for instructors.
Thoroughly revised, this edition presents a clear exploration of conditioning and learning across humans and animals. It blends classic experiments with modern neuroscience findings and examines real-life applicationsâ from app discernment to wine tastingâ augmented by instructive videos and a companion website for instructors.
Michael Domjan is Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has taught learning for five decades. His book, The Principles of Learning and Behavior (Cengage), is now in its 7th edition. Dr. Domjan is recipient of the D.O. Hebb Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award from the Society for Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology, and his research was recently celebrated by a special issue of the journal Learning amp amp Behavior (2 22, volume 5 , number 3). Andrew R. Delamater is Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he has taught various courses in learning and behavior theory and in the neurobiology of associative learning since 994. He has served the discipline in a variety of ways: as president of the Pavlovian Society (2 ) and the Eastern Psychological Association (2 2), as a regular member on NIH study sections, as a member on editorial boards for a variety of journals, and currently as editor for the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning amp amp Cognition.
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Preface Chapter . Basic Concepts and Definitions Chapter 2. The Substrate for Learning: Unconditioned Behavior Chapter 3. Habituation and Sensitization Chapter 4. Pavlovian Conditioning: Basic Concepts Chapter 5. Stimulus Relations in Pavlovian Conditioning Chapter . Pavlovian Conditioning Mechanisms and Theories Chapter 7. Instrumental or Operant Conditioning Chapter 8. Schedules of Reinforcement Chapter 9. Theories of Reinforcement Chapter . Extinction of Conditioned Behavior Chapter . Punishment Chapter 2. Avoidance Learning Chapter 3. Stimulus Control of Behavior Chapter 4. Memory Mechanisms Glossary References
