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Learning & behavior / Paul Chance.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Australia ; Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2003.Edition: 5th edDescription: xx, 505 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0534598684 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BF319 .C35
Contents:
Introduction: Learning to Change -- Natural Selection -- BOX: The Face of Change -- Reflexes -- Fixed Action Patterns -- General Behavior Traits -- The Limits of Natural Selection -- Learning: Evolved Modifiability -- Nature and Nurture -- BOX: The Superior Animal -- The Study of Learning and Behavior -- Learning Defined -- Learning Means Change -- What Changes Is Behavior -- BOX: Defining Operations -- What Changes Behavior Is Experience -- Measuring Learning -- Research Designs -- Anecdotal Evidence -- Descriptive Studies -- Experimental Studies -- Limitations of Experimental Research -- Animal Research and Human Learning -- Reasons for Animal Research -- Objections to Animal Research -- Questions About Learning -- Pavlovian Conditioning -- BOX: Ivan Pavlov: An Experimenter from Head to Foot -- Basic Procedures -- BOX: What's What in Pavlovian Conditioning? -- Higher-Order Conditioning -- Measuring Pavlovian Learning -- Variables Affecting Pavlovian Conditioning -- Pairing CS and US -- BOX: Pavlovian Flowchart -- CS-US Contingency -- CS-US Contiguity -- Stimulus Features -- Prior Experience with CS and US -- Number of CS-US Pairings -- Intertrial Interval -- Other Variables -- Extinction of Conditional Responses -- BOX: Edwin B. Twitmyer and What Might Have Been -- Theories of Conditioning -- Stimulus Substitution Theory -- Preparatory Response Theory -- BOX: Conditioning and Awareness -- Pavlovian Applications -- Fear -- BOX: Thank You, Albert -- BOX: What Rats Can Teach Us About Fear -- Prejudice -- Advertising.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: Learning to Change --
Natural Selection --
BOX: The Face of Change --
Reflexes --
Fixed Action Patterns --
General Behavior Traits --
The Limits of Natural Selection --
Learning: Evolved Modifiability --
Nature and Nurture --
BOX: The Superior Animal --
The Study of Learning and Behavior --
Learning Defined --
Learning Means Change --
What Changes Is Behavior --
BOX: Defining Operations --
What Changes Behavior Is Experience --
Measuring Learning --
Research Designs --
Anecdotal Evidence --
Descriptive Studies --
Experimental Studies --
Limitations of Experimental Research --
Animal Research and Human Learning --
Reasons for Animal Research --
Objections to Animal Research --
Questions About Learning --
Pavlovian Conditioning --
BOX: Ivan Pavlov: An Experimenter from Head to Foot --
Basic Procedures --
BOX: What's What in Pavlovian Conditioning? --
Higher-Order Conditioning --
Measuring Pavlovian Learning --
Variables Affecting Pavlovian Conditioning --
Pairing CS and US --
BOX: Pavlovian Flowchart --
CS-US Contingency --
CS-US Contiguity --
Stimulus Features --
Prior Experience with CS and US --
Number of CS-US Pairings --
Intertrial Interval --
Other Variables --
Extinction of Conditional Responses --
BOX: Edwin B. Twitmyer and What Might Have Been --
Theories of Conditioning --
Stimulus Substitution Theory --
Preparatory Response Theory --
BOX: Conditioning and Awareness --
Pavlovian Applications --
Fear --
BOX: Thank You, Albert --
BOX: What Rats Can Teach Us About Fear --
Prejudice --
Advertising.

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