Learning and Adaptive Behavior

Name: Learning and Adaptive Behavior
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ISBN: 9780534342265

ISBN-10: 0534342264

ISBN-13: 9780534342265

Edition: 2002

Authors: Jerome Frieman

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Current research on conditioning and learning reflects three themes: a methodological behavioral theme that focuses on how certain experiences lead to changes in behavior, a cognitive theme that focuses on how experiences are represented in memory, and an evolutionary/adaptive behavior theme that focuses on the various kinds of learning as adaptive specializations that evolved through the mechanism of natural selection. These themes are interwoven to present an integrated and coherent account of our current state of knowledge in the area. The evolutionary/adaptive behavior theme is the central theme within which the cognitive and behavioral themes are developed here.

Book details

List price: $166.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 11/13/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English



Prologue



Where Learning Fits into the Big Picture



Learning to Predict Important Events



The Procedures and Phenomena We Call Pavlovian Conditioning



Pavlovian Conditioning Is an Inference Task



Identifying the Predictors of Significant Events



The Representations of Knowledge in Pavlovian Conditioning



From Knowledge to Behavior: The Forms and Functions of Pavlovian Conditioned Responses



Learning About Consequences of One's Behavior



The Procedures and Phenomena We Call Operant Conditioning



How Individuals Adjust Their Behavior to Meet the Demands of the Situation



Adjusting to Schedules of Partial Reinforcement



Life Is About Making Choices



Inference and the Representations of Knowledge in Operant Conditioning



The Similarities Between Operant Conditioning and Natural Selection



The Social Transmission of Knowledge



Social Learning


Epilogue


Glossary


References


Photo Credits


Author Index


Subject Index