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This active learning edition includes a new, built-in workbook that provides examples and exercises to help students practice and remember what they read in the text. In addition, students read graphs and make their own interpretations of what the information yields about behavior. Each exercise begins with a short lesson, and then has short assignments that range from 1 minute to 30 minutes worth of work-some are short answer, some are projects, and some are more involved. The workbook also incorporates students exercises for Sniffy the Virtual Rat, Version 2.0. Known for its currency and clear writing style, "Principles of Learning and Behavior, International Edition" provides a comprehensive and systematic introduction to elementary forms of learning that have been the focus of research for much of the twentieth century. The book covers habituation, classical conditioning, instrumental conditioning, stimulus control, aversive control, and their applications to the study of cognition and to the alleviation of behavior problems. Biological constraints on learning are integrated throughout the text, as are applications boxes that relate animal research to human learning and behavior. The book closely reflects the field of research it represents in terms of topics covered, theories discussed, and experimental paradigms described.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a very useful and concise book.
I am studying a psychology degree and this was a course text for one module.
I found it explain things well, and clearly without the use of a lot of jargon. It manages to explain things well, and in depth without diverging from the point.Plenty on things such as stimulus-response , reinforcement, condtioning, motivation, animal memory...the list goes on. Highly recommended.
The only criticism i may have had would be to make it a bit more colourful (studying gets a bit boring sometimes-lol!)
I am studying a psychology degree and this was a course text for one module.
I found it explain things well, and clearly without the use of a lot of jargon. It manages to explain things well, and in depth without diverging from the point.Plenty on things such as stimulus-response , reinforcement, condtioning, motivation, animal memory...the list goes on. Highly recommended.
The only criticism i may have had would be to make it a bit more colourful (studying gets a bit boring sometimes-lol!)
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Excellent coverage of basic learning theory
4 Oct 2006
Format:Hardcover
Let me start by saying I have used this text as required reading for several classes in Theories of Learning. I feel it is an excellent presentation of the basic concepts and groundwork needed to understand more complex theories and/or higher forms of learning. The physiological tie-ins are not central to the book, and if skipped it would not be detrimental to a complete understanding of the learning theory. My understanding is that this is the reason they are presented in boxed sidebars and not incorporated into the body of the text.
Admittedly the reading can be dense, and difficult to get through, but I feel this is because the subject matter is dense and complicated. One thing I have found with basic learning theory is that it is much like formal logic, with a cursory examination, many people feel it is straightforward and simple. But once one begins to deal with the `meat' of the subject, and attempts to understand the implications, exceptions, strengths and weaknesses of the topic, then the feeling of simplicity quickly disappears. It is at this point that one will find people either love the topic and want to know more, or they are put off and either blame their dislike for the topic on the presentation or the material itself. In case it is not obvious, I am one of the former types, and continue to enjoy the broader implications of learning theory, the rigor of the arguments involved and the breadth of explanatory power I see in this filed.
This leads me to one final point. I feel the author does an excellent job of relating the basic principals he discusses to real life examples. In particular the chapter on language provides an excellent source for class discussion, informed debate and application of the theoretical mechanisms presented in the first half of the book.
Admittedly the reading can be dense, and difficult to get through, but I feel this is because the subject matter is dense and complicated. One thing I have found with basic learning theory is that it is much like formal logic, with a cursory examination, many people feel it is straightforward and simple. But once one begins to deal with the `meat' of the subject, and attempts to understand the implications, exceptions, strengths and weaknesses of the topic, then the feeling of simplicity quickly disappears. It is at this point that one will find people either love the topic and want to know more, or they are put off and either blame their dislike for the topic on the presentation or the material itself. In case it is not obvious, I am one of the former types, and continue to enjoy the broader implications of learning theory, the rigor of the arguments involved and the breadth of explanatory power I see in this filed.
This leads me to one final point. I feel the author does an excellent job of relating the basic principals he discusses to real life examples. In particular the chapter on language provides an excellent source for class discussion, informed debate and application of the theoretical mechanisms presented in the first half of the book.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Lacks depth and application
8 Mar 2010
Format:Paperback
I don't like to right "bad" reviews but my classmates and I are so frustrated I felt it was necessary. To begin, this book contains about the content of a semester of lecture notes. Often, the author will make a declarative statement then fail to explain (e.g., "X is/does y") or provide examples. The examples provided are often poor analogues or are too vague to clarify. The 4 or 5 questions at the end of each chapter require little or no synthesis of information (e.g., "how does theory x differ from theory y?" when 5 pages prior there is a section titled "how theory x differs from theory y"--which of course lacks content or "explain this definition" when the definition is listed on the same page). Because this is a college textbook, these questions should be meant to help students see the "bigger picture" and pull information together from the chapter not merely test rote memory. The author did a poor job applying the information to fields other than clinical psychology, when applications to cognitive, social and developmental were (often) obvious. Given the current direction of psychology, the author should have discussed potential neural mechanisms of many of the theories but these were rarely even mentioned. If you are a graduate student, you will be frustrated and occasionally confused by the lack of content. If you are an undergrad you will be confused and overwhelmed. The book reads like a term paper with a page limit--lots of filler, little content (e.g., the author includes pictures--approx. 1 on every page--of more prominent researchers, which has no purpose other than to fill space). The graphs/figures are poorly presented or simply aren't presented at all. I really don't know what the heck happened to those 400 pages.
If you are an instructor, don't use this book. If you are a student, buy something better to supplement your readings. I should add that these are the conclusions that my entire class had after reading the first chapter.
If you are an instructor, don't use this book. If you are a student, buy something better to supplement your readings. I should add that these are the conclusions that my entire class had after reading the first chapter.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Hard- but good
3 Oct 2007
Format:Hardcover
This is a book about learning. Psychology is not an easy subject, but the author does a good job. The concepts are a little hard to grasp but the author does a great job with a difficult subject.
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