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Learning : a survey of psychological interpretations / Winfred F. Hill.

By: Hill, Winfred F.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York. London : Harper & Row, 1990Edition: 5th ed.Description: xiii, 257 p. : ill ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0060428090.Subject(s): Learning, Psychology ofDDC classification: 153.15
Contents:
How psychologists study learning -- The nature of learning theories -- Three early connectionist theorists -- Guthrie's contiguity interpretation of learning -- Hull's formal theory building -- Skinner's form of behaviorism -- Applications and implications of Skinner's system -- Gesalt theory -- Other european cognitive theories -- Cognitive theories in the behaviorist tradition -- Connectionist moves in cognitive directions -- Mathematical analysis of learning -- Cognition and the computer -- The new connectionism -- Issues in motivation -- Some interpretations of memory -- Evolution and learning -- Learning theory past, present and future.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The new edition of textbook that presents the broad theoretical outlines of a variety of classical and current learning theories. The importance of mathematical and biological concepts are stressed, but not detailed. Instead, Hill (Northwestern U.) concentrates on the issues of why various learning theories emphasize various concepts. After introductory chapters explore basics concepts, separate treatments are provided connectionist theories, contiguity interpretations, Hull's formal theory building, behaviorism, cognitive theory, and more recent interpretations of learning. c. Book News Inc.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-251) and index.

How psychologists study learning -- The nature of learning theories -- Three early connectionist theorists -- Guthrie's contiguity interpretation of learning -- Hull's formal theory building -- Skinner's form of behaviorism -- Applications and implications of Skinner's system -- Gesalt theory -- Other european cognitive theories -- Cognitive theories in the behaviorist tradition -- Connectionist moves in cognitive directions -- Mathematical analysis of learning -- Cognition and the computer -- The new connectionism -- Issues in motivation -- Some interpretations of memory -- Evolution and learning -- Learning theory past, present and future.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface (p. xi)
  • 1 How Psychologists Study Learning (p. 1)
  • Learning in School (p. 2)
  • Learning in the Laboratory (p. 4)
  • 2 The Nature of Learning Theories (p. 11)
  • Variables and Laws (p. 11)
  • Abstraction (p. 13)
  • What Are Learning Theories? (p. 15)
  • 3 Two Early Connectionist Theories (p. 23)
  • Pavlov's Conditioning (p. 23)
  • Thorndike's Early Connectionism (p. 30)
  • 4 Contiguity Interpretations of Learning (p. 35)
  • Watson's Behaviorism (p. 35)
  • Guthrie's One-Principle System (p. 40)
  • Guthrie and Watson as Contiguity Theorists (p. 49)
  • 5 Hull's Formal Theory Building (p. 50)
  • The Postulational Method of Theory Construction (p. 50)
  • The Theory (p. 52)
  • Strengths and Weaknesses of Hull's System (p. 56)
  • Hull's Influence on Other Theorists (p. 58)
  • 6 Skinner's Form of Behaviorism (p. 63)
  • The Basic Elements of Skinner's System (p. 63)
  • The Effects of Reinforcers (p. 69)
  • 7 Applications and Implications of Skinner's System (p. 77)
  • Behavior Modification (p. 77)
  • Education (p. 81)
  • Other Applications (p. 82)
  • Skinner's Relation to Other Psychologists (p. 84)
  • 8 Early European Cognitive Theory (p. 88)
  • Gestalt Theory (p. 88)
  • Piaget and Cognitive Development (p. 95)
  • 9 Early American Cognitive Theory (p. 102)
  • Tolman's Purposive Behaviorism (p. 102)
  • Tolman's Continuing Influence (p. 109)
  • The Cognitive Revolution (p. 111)
  • 10 Cognitions, Computers, and Production Systems (p. 115)
  • Computers and Learning Theory (p. 115)
  • Anderson's ACT Theory (p. 120)
  • 11 Later Cognitive and Mixed Interpretations (p. 128)
  • Cognitive Interpretation of Classical Conditioning (p. 128)
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (p. 130)
  • Explanatory Styles (p. 134)
  • The Structure of Learning (p. 136)
  • Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory (p. 138)
  • 12 The New Connectionism (p. 145)
  • Problems with Computer Models (p. 145)
  • Network Models (p. 146)
  • Applications and Evaluation (p. 152)
  • 13 Issues in Motivation (p. 155)
  • Interpretations of Drive and Reinforcement (p. 155)
  • Responses as Reinforcers (p. 158)
  • Cybernetics (p. 162)
  • Opponent-Process Theory (p. 165)
  • 14 Heredity, Evolution, and Learning (p. 170)
  • Species-Specific Behavior (p. 171)
  • Preparedness (p. 173)
  • Implications for Learning Theory (p. 175)
  • The Place of Heredity in Behavior (p. 177)
  • 15 Learning Theory Past, Present, and Future (p. 182)
  • Issues on Which Learning Theories Divide (p. 182)
  • Criteria for an Ideal Theory (p. 186)
  • The Present-Day Value of Learning Theories (p. 189)
  • Summary List of Theorists (p. 193)
  • Glossary (p. 195)
  • References (p. 201)
  • Index (p. 207)

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