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Clearly written and user-friendly, this comprehensive book defines learning and shows how the learning process is studied. It places learning in an historical perspective, and provides appreciation for the figures and theories that have shaped 100 years of learning theory research.It presents essential features of the major theories of learning in the words of the theorists, introducing readers to the pioneering work of E.L. Thorndike, Ivan Pavlov, B.F. Skinner, Clark Hull, Edwin Guthrie, William Estes, the Gestalt psychologists, Jean Piaget, E.C. Tolman, Albert Bandura, Donald Hebb, and Robert Bolles; and examines some of the relationships between learning theory and educational practices.An excellent reference work for those involved in education and learning.

Introduction TO Learning
What Is Learning?
Approaches to the Study of Learning
Early Notions about Learning
Predominantly Functionalistic Theories
Edward Lee Thorndike
Burrhus Frederick Skinner
Clark Leonard Hull
Predominantly Associationistic Theories
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov
Edwin Ray Guthrie
William Kaye Estes
Predominantly Cognitive Theories
Gestalt Theory
Jean Piaget
Edward Chace Tolman
Albert Bandura
A Predominantly Neurophysiological Theory
Donald Olding Hebb
An Evolutionary Theory
Robert C. Bolles and Evolutionary Psychology
Some Final Thoughts
A Final Word
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As in previous editions, the four main goals of this textbook are to define learning and to show how the learning process is studied (Chapters 1 and 2); to place learning theory in historical perspective (Chapter 3); and to present essential features of the major theories of learning with implications for educational practices (Chapters 4 through 15). We have attempted to retain the best features of earlier editions while making revisions that reflect current research and scholarship. The most significant revisions include the following: An introduction to theory and applications in Behavioral Economics (Chapter 5) New research in the Pavlovian tradition includinglearned irrelevanceandsuperconditioningphenomena (Chapter 7) Exciting developments in the neurosciences with implications for the "active brain" approach in Gestalt psychology (Chapter 10) Albert Bandura's "Agentic Perspective" (Chapter 13) Contemporary re-thinking about reinforcement centers in the brain and their possible roles in addiction (Chapter 14) Exciting developments in neural plasticity (ability to form new connections and even generate new cells in adult brain) (Chapter 14) Introduction to William Timberlake's "Biological Behaviorism" (Chapter 15) New developments concerning prepared learning of phobias in humans (Chapter 15) Updated research and references throughout Chapter 16 (Implications for Education) was deleted and important educational implications were integrated within each theorist's chapter

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Introduction to the Theories of Learning

Introduction to the Theories of Learning

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