Both a serious academic text and a delightful story, this book offers a look at a full range of learning theories from behavioral to cognitive. It also covers memory, motivation, connectionism (neural net models), and social learning and concludes with a comprehensive synthesis.Summary:
Both a serious academic text and a delightful story, this book offers a look at a full range of learning theories from behavioral to cognitive. It also covers memory, motivation, connectionism (neural net models), and social learning and concludes with a comprehensive synthesis.Synopsis
PART I: SCIENCE AND THEORY. 1. Human Learning. PART II: MOSTLY BEHAVIORISTIC THEORIES. 2. Early Behaviorism: Pavlov, Watson, and Guthrie. 3. The Effects of Behavior: Thorndike and Hull. 4. Operant Conditioning: Skinner's Radical Behaviorism. 5. Evolutionary Psychology: Learning, Biology, and the Brain. PART III: THE BEGINNINGS OF MODERN COGNITIVISM. 6. A Transition to Modern Cognitivism: Hebb, Tolman, and the Gestaltists. PART IV: MOSTLY COGNITIVE THEORIES. 7. Three Cognitive Theories: Bruner, Piaget, and Vygotsky. 8. Symbolic Models of the Mind and Neural Networks. 9. Learning and Remembering. 10. Motivation. 11. Social Learning: Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory. PART V: SUMMARY. 12. Summary, Synthesis, and Integration. Epilogue. Glossary. References. Name Index.
