Full Description
From habituation, classical conditioning, and instrumental conditioning to stimulus control, aversive control, and their applications to the study of cognition, this learning and behavior textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the elementary forms of learning that have been the focus of research for much of the 20th century. Applications boxes help you understand how findings from animal research relate to human learning and behavior, while neuroscience boxes offer you insights into the brain activity underlying learning.
Contents
1. Background and Rationale for the Study of Learning and Behavior. 2. Elicited Behavior, Habituation, and Sensitization.3. Classical Conditioning: Foundations.4. Classical Conditioning: Mechanisms.5. Instrumental Conditioning: Foundations.6. Schedules of Reinforcement and Choice Behavior.7. Instrumental Conditioning: Motivational Mechanisms.8. Stimulus Control of Behavior.9. Extinction of Conditioned Behavior.10. Aversive Control: Avoidance and Punishment.11. Comparative Cognition I: Memory Mechanisms.12. Comparative Cognition II: Special Topics.
