Learning and Adaptive Behavior
Published on 13. November 2001
Book
Hardback
580 pages
978-0-534-34226-5 (ISBN)
Description
Current research on conditioning and learning reflects three themes: a methodological behavioral theme that focuses on how certain experiences lead to changes in behavior, a cognitive theme that focuses on how experiences are represented in memory, and an evolutionary/adaptive behavior theme that focuses on the various kinds of learning as adaptive specializations that evolved through the mechanism of natural selection. These themes are interwoven to present an integrated and coherent account of our current state of knowledge in the area. The evolutionary/adaptive behavior theme is the central theme within which the cognitive and behavioral themes are developed here.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Belmont, CA
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 206 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
749 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-534-34226-5 (9780534342265)
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Content
1. Where Learning Fits into the Big Picture. Part One: Learning to Predict Important Events. 2. The Procedure and Phenomena We Call Pavlovian Conditioning. 3. Pavlovian Conditioning is an Inference Task. 4. Identifying the Predictors of Significant Events. 5. The Representations of Knowledge in Pavlovian Conditioning. 6. From Knowledge to Behavior: The Forms and Functions of Conditioned Responses. Part Two: Learning About the Consequences of One's Behavior. 7. The Procedures and Phenomena We Call Operant Conditioning. 8. How Individuals Adjust Their Behavior to Meet the Demands of the Situation. 9. Adjusting to Schedules of Partial Reinforcement. 10. Life Is About Making Choices. 11. Inference and the Representations of Knowledge in Operant Conditioning. 12. The Similarities between Operant Conditioning and Natural Selection. 13. Social Learning. Epilogue. Glossary. References. Author Index. Subject Index.