Learning and Behavior: Sixth Edition - Hardcover

Mazur, James E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0131931636 ISBN 13: 9780131931633

Publisher: Psychology Press, 2012

Synopsis

A thorough survey of the field of learning.

Learning & Behavior covers topics such as classical and operant conditioning, reinforcement schedules, avoidance and punishment, stimulus control, comparative cognition, observational learning, motor skill learning, and choice.

The book includes thorough coverage of classic studies and the most recent developments and trends, while providing examples of real-world applications of the principles discovered in laboratory research. It also emphasizes the behavioral approach but not exclusively so; many cognitive theories are covered as well, and there is a chapter on comparative cognition.

Learning Goals

Upon completing this book readers will be able to:

• Understand the field of learning
• Discuss real-world applications of learning principles

About this title

From the Publisher:

This comprehensive survey describes the basic principles, theories, controversies, and experiments in the field of learning. Focusing on both classic studies and the most recent developments and trends, it deals with how people and animals learn, and how learning impacts behaviors. The emphasis throughout is on the importance of learning principles in everyday life.

From the Back Cover:

Widely adopted for its thoroughness and clarity, this contemporary survey of the field of learning offers comprehensive coverage of both classic studies and the most recent developments and trends — with an emphasis on the importance of learning principles in everyday life. Covers classical conditioning, operant conditioning, aversive control, and stimulus control, habituation, physiological research on learning, comparative cognition, observational learning, and motor skill learning. Explores operant conditioning in depth — both basic studies and principles as well as applications in behavior therapy and modern research.

About this edition

• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0131931636
• ISBN 13: 9780131931633
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448