Learning: Principles and Applications

Known for its uncompromising academic rigor and easy-to-read style and format, Klein: Learning: Principles and Applications is now in its Fifth Edition. Over the past four editions, this text has received unending praise for its accessible and thorough coverage of both classic and current studies of animal and human research. Concepts and theories are introduced within the framework of highly effective pedagogical elements, such as: chapter-opening vignettes, 'Before You Go On' checkpoints, application boxes, chapter summaries, and critical thinking questions.aIn this new edition, the content has been updated and reorganized to reflect changes in the field, the pedagogical features have been strengthened and highlighted to continue to help students better comprehend the subject matter, and the ancillaries are all new.Key Features Chapter Opening Vignettes, and real-world examples peppered through the text, engage the reader on a personal level. Before You Go On bulleted questions emphasize mastery of key concepts throughout every chapter. End-of-chapter Critical Thinking questions help students integrate and apply chapter material. Coverage of Biological Influences on learning and memory outshines other texts. NEW! Theories of Learning and Applications are now presented in the same chapters for better continuity. NEW! A special focus on Cognition reflects new directions in the field.This text is accompanied byarobust ancillaries! TheaCompanion Student Study Site includes e-Flashcards, study quizzes, Web resources and exercises. Also included are SAGE journal articles with critical thinking questions so students can review original research that relates to the material in their textbook. Go to http:/www.sagepub.com/klein5study/ to view the site.The InstructorAEs Resources (on CD-ROM) is available to adopters of the textbook. It includes PowerPoint slides, a computerized test bank with multiple-choice, true/false, and short answer/essay questions, suggested exercises, Web resources, and more. Contact Customer Care at 800-818-7243 for your copy.

Table of Contents:
Preface Chapter One: An Introduction to Learning The Gift of Knowledge A Definition of Learning Historical Origins of Behaviorism The Ethics of Conducting Research Critical Thinking Questions Key Terms Chapter Two: Traditional Learning Theories The Oldies But Goodies Traditional Learning Theories Hull’s Drive Theory Spence’s Acquired Motive Approach Guthrie’s Contiguity View Tolman’s Purposive Behaviorism Skinner’s Behavioristic Methodology Critical Thinking Questions Key Terms Chapter Three: The Modification of Instinctive Behavior Do You Have a Light? The Instinctive Basis of Behavior Habituation and Sensitization Opponent-Process Theory Critical Thinking Questions Key Terms Chapter Four: Principles of Pavlovian Conditioning A Lingering Fear The Acquisition of the Conditioned Response Extinction of the Conditioned Response A CR without a CS-UCS Pairing? Critical Thinking Questions Key Terms Chapter Five: Theories and Applications of Pavlovian Conditioning He Never Saw It Coming Theories of Pavlovian Conditioning Applications of Pavlovian Conditioning Critical Thinking Questions Key Terms Chapter Six: Principles of Appetitive Conditioning A Loss of Control The Acquisition of an Appetitive Response Extinction of an Operant or Instrumental Response Critical Thinking Questions Key Terms Chapter Seven: Theories and Applications of Appetitive Conditioning A Lack of Control Theories of Appetitive Conditioning Application: Contingency Management Critical Thinking Questions Key Terms Chapter Eight: Principles of Aversive Conditioning A Good Whipping The Aversive Events Around Us Escape Conditioning The Avoidance of Aversive Events Punishment Critical Thinking Questions Key Terms Chapter Nine: Theories and Applications of Aversive Conditioning The Pain of Failure The Nature of Avoidance Behavior Application: Response Prevention or Flooding The Nature of Punishment Application: The Use of Punishment Critical Thinking Questions Key Terms Chapter Ten: Stimulus Control of Behavior A Case of Mistaken Identity The Generalization Process Discrimination Learning Critical Thinking Questions Key Terms Chapter Eleven: Cognitive Control of Behavior The Insurmountable Barrier Tolman’s Purposive Behaviorism The Concept of an Expectation A Cognitive View of Depression A Cognitive View of Phobic Behavior Critical Thinking Questions Key Terms Chapter Twelve: Biological Influences on Learning A Nauseating Experience Generality of the Laws of Learning A Behavior Systems Approach Animal Misbehavior Schedule-Induced Behavior Flavor-Aversion Learning Imprinting The Avoidance of Aversive Events The Biology of Reinforcement Critical Thinking Questions Key Terms Chapter Thirteen: Complex Learning Tasks A Day at the Beach Concept Learning Problem Solving Language Critical Thinking Questions Key Terms Chapter Fourteen: Memory Processes A Fleeting Experience Measures of Memory A Three-Stage View of Memory Storage Sensory Register Short-Term Store Alternatives to the Atkinson-Shiffrin Model Long-Term Store Memory Retrieval Forgetting Application: Mnemonics Critical Thinking Questions Key Terms Glossary References Credits and Sources Author Index Subject Index

About the Author :
Stephen B. Klein is professor in the psychology department at Mississippi State University. He received a B.S. degree in psychology in 1968 from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and a Ph.D. degree in psychology in 1971 from Rutgers University. Professor Klein taught at Old Dominion University for twelve years and at Fort Hays State University for seven years prior to coming to Mississippi State University in 1990. He also served as head of the psychology department at both Mississippi State University and Fort Hays State University. Professor Klein has written numerous articles for psychological journals in the area of the biological basis of learning and memory and is the author of Motivation: Biosocial Approaches, published by McGraw-Hill in 1982; Learning: Principles and Applications, published by McGraw-Hill in 1987, 1991, 1996, and 2002; Learning: Principles and Applications published by Sage in 2009, 2012, and 2015, and Biological Psychology, published by Prentice-Hall in 2000. Dr. Klein also coauthored with B. Michael Thorne Biological Psychology, published by Worth in 2007 and coedited with Robert Mowrer the two-volume text Contemporary Learning Theories in 1989 and Handbook of Contemporary Learning Theories in 2001, both published by Lawrence Erlbaum. His family includes his wife, Marie, and five children, Dora, David, Jason, Katherine, and William. In his spare time, he enjoys sports, most passionately baseball, and science fiction, especially Star Trek and Star Wars.