Introduction to Learning and Behavior - Softcover

Powell, Russell A.; Symbaluk, Diane G.; Honey, P. Lynne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0495595284 ISBN 13: 9780495595281

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2008

Synopsis

Designed to apply learning theory and principles to the presentation of learning, this text shows how learning principles work in both animals and people. Throughout the book, the authors show how the study of learning helps solve practical problems, such as improving study skills, improving relationships, raising children, and effectively stopping smoking. This book is both solidly based in research and engaging for the student. To help ensure that students understand the materials, the authors strategically include multiple opportunities for review and self-testing within the text.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Russell Powell earned his Ph.D. in psychology under the late Frank Epling and David Pierce at the University of Alberta. As a long-standing faculty member at MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta, he has taught classes in learning and behavior for over 30 years using a variety of behaviorally inspired formats. He has published and conducted research in a wide range of areas, including operant conditioning, social psychology, sleep and dreams (especially nightmares), self-regulation, and history of psychology. Most recently, he helped identify the individual believed to have been Little Albert, the infant in whom Watson and Rayner (1920) attempted to condition a phobia of furry animals (American Psychologist; Powell, Digdon, Harris, and Smithson, 2014).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0495595284
• ISBN 13: 9780495595281
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 576