Handbook of Contemporary Learning Theories (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Mowrer, Robert R.; Klein, Stephen B.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Mowrer and Klein have long been making contributions to the field of contemporary learning theories. Their first two-volume set included chapters authored by many of the leading researchers in the field of animal learning and focused primarily on Pavlovian theory and instrumental conditioning. These impartial texts were an important addition to the field and remain widely cited.

Over the last decade research on the nature of the learning process has evolved considerably. The research in this new volume represents the cutting-edge contributions of first rate authors and co-authors. These 14 chapters deal with the theoretical perspectives concerning the nature of the learning process, as well as the innovative research that supports these positions. This text is bound to be invaluable to both students and faculty of psychology and related disciplines, as well as to outside scholars.

Key features include:
* an introductory chapter describing general theories of learning and the causes of the shift to more specific, contemporary theories;
* five chapters detailing the research and theories of the nature of Pavlovian Conditioning;
* four chapters dealing with the current thinking and research on the nature of instrumental operant conditioning;
* three chapters describing the link between learning and physiology; and
* a concluding chapter detailing the application of learning theory to abnormal psychology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 632
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2000
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135667122
• Artikelnr.: 41531951

Autorenporträt

Robert R. Mowrer, Stephen B. Klein

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface. R.R. Mowrer
S.B. Klein
The Transitive Nature of Contemporary Learning Theory. A.R. Wagner
S.E. Brandon
A Componential Theory of Pavlovian Conditioning. J.C. Denniston
H.I. Savastano
R.R. Miller
The Extended Comparator Hypothesis: Learning by Contiguity
Responding by Relative Strength. R.A. Rescorla
Experimental Extinction. W. Timberlake
Motivational Modes in Behavior Systems. R.M. Church
K. Kirkpatrick
Theories of Conditioning and Timing. A.G. Baker
R.A. Murphy
F. Vallée-Tourangeau
R. Mehta
Contingency Learning and Causal Reasoning. B.W. Balleine
Incentive Processes in Instrumental Conditioning. G. Hall
Perceptual Learning: Association and Differentiation. A. Tomie
Autoshaping and Drug-Taking. N. DeSousa
F. Vaccarino
Neurobiology of Reinforcement: Interaction Between Dopamine and Cholecystokinin Systems. V.M. LoLordo
T.L. Taylor
Effects of Uncontrollable Aversive Events: Some Unsolved Puzzles. A.L. Riley
G.R. Simpson
The Attenuating Effects of Drug Preexposure on Taste Aversion Conditioning: Generality
Experimental Parameters
Underlying Mechanisms
and Implications for Drug Use and Abuse. D.J. Levis
K.E. Brewer
The Neurotic Paradox: Attempts by Two-Factor Fear Theory and Alternative Avoidance Models to Resolve the Issues Associated With Sustained Avoidance Responding in Extinction.