Learning and Complex Behavior

Learning and Complex Behavior
ISBN-10
0205139965
ISBN-13
9780205139965
Category
Psychology / General
Pages
405
Language
English
Published
1994
Publisher
Allyn and Bacon
Authors
John W. Donahoe, David C. Palmer

Description

Written from the perspective of selectionist theory, this text presents a theoretically integrated approach to the study of animal learning and human cognition that co-ordinates behavioural research and research in neuroscience. It covers traditional topics such as acquisition and extinction of behaviour, stimulus control and schedules of reinforcement, and also deals with topics of student interest such as perception, memory, problem solving and verbal behaviour. All of these topics are discussed in terms of principles established by experimental analysis at the behavioural and neural levels, and scientific interpretation based on those principles.

Similar books