Learning: Principles and Applications

Known for its scholarship and easy-to-read style and format, Learning: Principles and Applications, Sixth Edition shows students the relevance of basic learning processes through real-world examples, vignettes, critical thinking questions, and applications. In this new edition, the content has been updated and reorganized to reflect changes in the field and the pedagogical features have been strengthened and highlighted to continue to help students better comprehend the subject matter. Features and Benefits: - Chapter Opening Vignettes and real-world examples peppered through the text, engage the reader and make concepts more relevant to their experience. - 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. - Theories of Learning and Applications are presented in the same chapters for better continuity. - A special focus on Cognition reflects new directions in the field.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 - An Introduction to Learning The Gift of Knowledge A Definition of Learning Functionalism Behaviorism The Ethics of Conducting Research Chapter 2 - 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 Chapter 3 - The Modification of Instinctive Behavior Do You Have a Light? The Instinctive Basis of Behavior Habituation and Sensitization Opponent-Process Theory Chapter 4 - Principles and Applications of Classical Conditioning A Lingering Fear Principles of Classical Conditioning Applications of Classical Conditioning Chapter 5 - Theories of Classical Conditioning He Never Saw It Coming The Nature of the Conditioned Response The Nature of the Classical Conditioning Process Chapter 6 - and Applications of Appetitive Conditioning A Loss of Control Principles of Appetitive Conditioning Applications of Appetitive Conditioning Contingency Management The Implementation of the Contingency Management Program Chapter 7 - Principles and Applications of Aversive Conditioning A Good Whipping Principles of Aversive Conditioning Applications of Aversive Conditioning Chapter 8 - Theories of Appetitive and Aversive Conditioning A Lack of Control Theories of Appetitive Conditioning The Pain of Failure Theories of Aversive Learning Chapter 9 - 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 Chapter 10 - Stimulus Control of Behavior A Case of Mistaken Identity The Generalization Process Discrimination Learning Chapter 11 - 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 Chapter 12 - Complex Learning Tasks A Day at the Beach Concept Learning Problem Solving Language Chapter 13 - The Storage of Our Experiences A Fleeting Experience Measures of Memory A Three-Stage View of Memory Storage Sensory Register Short-Term Store A Rehearsal Systems Approach Long-Term Store Chapter 14 - Memory Retrieval and Forgetting A Look Into the Past Memory Retrieval Forgetting Anatomical Basis of Memory Retrieval Application: Mnemonics

About the Author :
Stephen B. Klein (Phd, Psychology, Rutgers University) is a Professor of the Department of Psychology at Mississippi State University, where he has taught since 1990. He teaches a variety of undergraduate classes, including Learning Principles and Processes, Human Learning and Thinking, Theories of Learning, and Quantitative Methods, as well as graduate classes in Advanced Learning, Advanced Learning and Motivation, and Advanced Experimental Methods. His research interests are in the biological basis of learning and memory and constraints and predispositions on food preferences and aversions. His early research included investigations of aversive conditioning and flavor aversion learning. Klein has written and co-edited a number of textbooks, including Contemporary Learning Theories: Pavlovian Conditioning and the Status of Traditional Learning Theory; Handbook of Contemporary Learning Theories; and Biological Psychology, Second Edition.

Review :
"An approachable text that provides the detail needed to teach a course in the Psychology of Learning while not overwhelming the students." -- Charles A. Gramlich