Introduction to the Theories of Learning
United States Edition
7th Edition
Published on 9. July 2004
Book
Hardback
512 pages
978-0-13-114722-5 (ISBN)
Description
For undergraduate and graduate courses in Learning Theory and Learning 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.
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.
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Edition
7th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
900 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-114722-5 (9780131147225)
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B.R. H. Hergenhahn | Matthew H. Olson
An Introduction to Theories of Learning
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Content
I. 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 Frederick 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.
V. A PREDOMINANTLY NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL THEORY.
14. Donald Olding Hebb.
VI. AN EVOLUTIONARY THEORY.
15. Robert C. Bolles and Evolutionary Psychology.
VII. SOME FINAL THOUGHTS.
16. 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 Frederick 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.
V. A PREDOMINANTLY NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL THEORY.
14. Donald Olding Hebb.
VI. AN EVOLUTIONARY THEORY.
15. Robert C. Bolles and Evolutionary Psychology.
VII. SOME FINAL THOUGHTS.
16. A Final Word.