An Introduction to Theories of Learning
6th Edition
Published on 28. June 2000
Book
Hardback
502 pages
978-0-13-016735-4 (ISBN)
Description
For undergraduate and graduate courses in Learning Theory and Learning and Motivation in departments of psychology and education.
Accessible for undergraduates yet thorough enough for graduate students, this comprehensive text defines learning and shows how the learning process is studied. The text places learning in its historical perspective, giving students an appreciation for the figures and theories that have shaped 100 years of learning theory research. It presents essential features of the major theories of learning and examines some of the relationships between learning theory and educational practices.
Accessible for undergraduates yet thorough enough for graduate students, this comprehensive text defines learning and shows how the learning process is studied. The text places learning in its historical perspective, giving students an appreciation for the figures and theories that have shaped 100 years of learning theory research. It presents essential features of the major theories of learning and examines some of the relationships between learning theory and educational practices.
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Edition
6th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 184 mm
Width: 243 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
908 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-016735-4 (9780130167354)
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B.R. H. Hergenhahn | Matthew H. Olson
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Content
INTRODUCTION TO LEARNING.
1. What Is Learning?
2. Approaches to the Study of Learning.
3. Early Notions about Learning.
II. PREDOMINANTLY FUNCTIONALISTIC THEORIES.
4. Edward Lee Thorndike.
5. Burrhus Frederic Skinner.
6. Clark Leonard Hull.
III. PREDOMINANTLY ASSOCIATIONISTIC THEORIES.
7. Ivan Petrovich Pavlov.
8. Edwin Ray Guthrie.
9. William Kaye Estes.
IV. PREDOMINANTLY COGNITIVE THEORIES.
10. Gestalt Theory.
11. Jean Piaget.
12. Edward Chace Tolman.
13. Albert Bandura.
IV. A PREDOMINANTLY NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL THEORY.
14. Donald Olding Hebb.
VI. AN EVOLUTIONARY THEORY.
15. Robert C. Bolles and Evolutionary Psychology.
VII. SOME FINAL THOUGHTS.
16. Implications for Education.
17. A Final Word.
1. What Is Learning?
2. Approaches to the Study of Learning.
3. Early Notions about Learning.
II. PREDOMINANTLY FUNCTIONALISTIC THEORIES.
4. Edward Lee Thorndike.
5. Burrhus Frederic Skinner.
6. Clark Leonard Hull.
III. PREDOMINANTLY ASSOCIATIONISTIC THEORIES.
7. Ivan Petrovich Pavlov.
8. Edwin Ray Guthrie.
9. William Kaye Estes.
IV. PREDOMINANTLY COGNITIVE THEORIES.
10. Gestalt Theory.
11. Jean Piaget.
12. Edward Chace Tolman.
13. Albert Bandura.
IV. A PREDOMINANTLY NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL THEORY.
14. Donald Olding Hebb.
VI. AN EVOLUTIONARY THEORY.
15. Robert C. Bolles and Evolutionary Psychology.
VII. SOME FINAL THOUGHTS.
16. Implications for Education.
17. A Final Word.