Learning and Complex Behavior - Hardcover

Donahoe, John W.; Palmer, David C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0205139965 ISBN 13: 9780205139965

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, 1993

Synopsis

Written from the perspective of selectionist theory, this text presents a theoretically integrated approach to the study of animal learning and human cognition that co-ordinates behavioural research and research in neuroscience. It covers traditional topics such as acquisition and extinction of behaviour, stimulus control and schedules of reinforcement, and also deals with topics of student interest such as perception, memory, problem solving and verbal behaviour. All of these topics are discussed in terms of principles established by experimental analysis at the behavioural and neural levels, and scientific interpretation based on those principles.

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This is a comprehensive learning text written from the perspective of selectionist theory. It is the first text to present a theoretically integrated approach to the study of animal learning and human cognition that coordinates behavioral research and research in the neurosciences. Courses in learning or learning and cognition at the junior/senior or graduate levels.

Edition details

• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0205139965
• ISBN 13: 9780205139965
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480