Introduction to the Theories of Learning

Name: Introduction to the Theories of Learning
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ISBN: 9780136057727

ISBN-10: 0136057721

ISBN-13: 9780136057727

Edition: 8th 2009

Authors: B. R. Hergenhahn, Matthew H. Olson

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Clearly written and user-friendly, this comprehensive book defines learning and shows how the learning process is studied. It places learning in an historical perspective, and provides appreciation for the figures and theories that have shaped 100 years of learning theory research.It presents essential features of the major theories of learning in the words of the theorists, introducing readers to the pioneering work of E.L. Thorndike, Ivan Pavlov, B.F. Skinner, Clark Hull, Edwin Guthrie, William Estes, the Gestalt psychologists, Jean Piaget, E.C. Tolman, Albert Bandura, Donald Hebb, and Robert Bolles; and examines some of the relationships between learning theory and educational…

Book details

List price: $166.20
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 4/11/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 512
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English




Introduction to Learning



What Is Learning?



Approaches to the Study of Learning



Early Notions about Learning



Predominantly Functionalistic Theories



Edward Lee Thorndike



Burrhus Frederick Skinner



Clark Leonard Hull



Predominantly Associationistic Theories



Ivan Petrovich Pavlov



Edwin Ray Guthrie



William Kaye Estes



Predominantly Cognitive Theories



Gestalt Theory



Jean Piaget



Edward Chace Tolman



Albert Bandura



A Predominantly Neurophysiological Theory



Donald Olding Hebb



An Evolutionary Theory



Robert C



Some Final Thoughts



A Final Word



Glossary



References



Name Index



Subject Index