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The essentials of conditioning and learning / Michael Domjan.

By: Domjan, Michael, 1947- [author.].
Publisher: Washington, DC, USA : American Psychological Association, ©2018Edition: Fourth Edition.Description: xvii, 277 pàgines : 26 cm illustrations.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781433827785 (pbk); 1433827786.Subject(s): Conditioned response | Reinforcement (Psychology) | Learning, Psychology ofDDC classification: 153.1526 D71 2018
Contents:
1. Basic concepts and definitions -- 2. The structure of unconditioned behavior -- 3. Habituation and sensitization -- 4. Pavlovian conditioning: basic concepts -- 5. Stimulus relations in pavlovian conditioning -- 6. Pavlovian conditioning mechanisms -- 7. Instrumental or operant conditioning -- 8. Schedules of reinforcement -- 9. Theories of reinforcement -- 10. Extinction of conditioned behavior -- 11. Punishment -- 12. Avoidance learning -- 13. Stimulus control of behavior -- 14. Memory mechanisms
Summary: Now in its fourth edition, this classic textbook offers an introduction to learning and conditioning in a concise and accessible style, including the latest influential research findings and theoretical perspectives. Students and scientists from multiple areas of psychology and neuroscience will value this succinct overview of the processes and mechanisms responsible for conditioning and learning.
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Revised edition of the author's The essentials of conditioning and learning, c2005.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-265) and index.

1. Basic concepts and definitions --
2. The structure of unconditioned behavior --
3. Habituation and sensitization --
4. Pavlovian conditioning: basic concepts --
5. Stimulus relations in pavlovian conditioning --
6. Pavlovian conditioning mechanisms --
7. Instrumental or operant conditioning --
8. Schedules of reinforcement --
9. Theories of reinforcement --
10. Extinction of conditioned behavior --
11. Punishment --
12. Avoidance learning --
13. Stimulus control of behavior --
14. Memory mechanisms

Now in its fourth edition, this classic textbook offers an introduction to learning and conditioning in a concise and accessible style, including the latest influential research findings and theoretical perspectives. Students and scientists from multiple areas of psychology and neuroscience will value this succinct overview of the processes and mechanisms responsible for conditioning and learning.

College of Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Science in Psychology

Text in English

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