Learning and Behavior reviews how people and animals learn and how
their behaviors are changed because of learning. It describes the
most important principles, theories, controversies, and experiments
that pertain to learning and behavior that are applicable to
diverse species and different learning situations. Both classic
studies and recent trends and developments are explored, providing
a comprehensive survey of the field. Although the behavioral
approach is emphasized, many cognitive theories are covered as
well, along with a chapter on comparative cognition. Real-world
examples and analogies make the concepts and theories more concrete
and relevant to students. In addition, most chapters provide
examples of how the principles covered have been employed in
applied and clinical behavior analysis. The text proceeds from the
simple to the complex. The initial chapters introduce the
behavioral, cognitive, and neurophysiological approaches to
learning. Later chapters give extensive coverage of classical
conditioning and operant conditioning, beginning with basic
concepts and findings and moving to theoretical questions and
current issues. Other chapters examine the topics of reinforcement
schedules, avoidance and punishment, stimulus control and concept
learning, observational learning and motor skills, comparative
cognition, and choice. Thoroughly updated, each chapter features
many new studies and references that reflect recent developments in
the field. Learning objectives, bold-faced key terms, practice
quizzes, a chapter summary, review questions, and a glossary are
included. The text is intended for undergraduate or graduate
courses in psychology of learning, (human) learning, introduction
to learning, learning processes, animal behavior, (principles of)
learning and behavior, conditioning and learning, learning and
motivation, experimental analysis of behavior, behaviorism, and
behavior analysis.
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