Theories of Human Learning What the Old Woman Said

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ISBN: 9780534641528

ISBN-10: 0534641520

ISBN-13: 9780534641528

Edition: 5th 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Guy R. Lefrancois

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Both a serious academic text and a delightful story, this book offers a clear, readable look at a full range of learning theories?from behavioral to cognitive? and also covers memory, motivation, connectionism (neural net models), and social learning. It concludes with a comprehensive synthesis. Its most apparent strength is its easily accessible style, but its greatest value lies in the clarity of its concepts. THEORIES OF HUMAN LEARNING is told by an old woman. But this old woman isn't just anyone. In fact, professors familiar with previous editions of this book may conclude that she is related to Kongor and Kro, those extraterrestrials who, in earlier editions, so successfully guided…

Book details

List price: $279.95
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 6/29/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 408
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English




Human Learning: Science and The ory



Pavlov, Watson, and Guthrie: Early Behaviorism



Thorndike and Hull: the Effects Behavior



Skinner's Radical Behaviorism: Operant Conditioning



Learning and Biology: Evolutionary Psychology



Hebb, Tolman, and the Gestaltists: Toward Modern Cognitivism



Bruner and Piaget: Two Cognitive The ories



Neural Networks: the New Connectionism



Learning and Remembering: Models of Memory



Motives: Behavior's Reasons and Causes



Social Learning



Analysis, Synthesis, and Integration