Essentials of Learning and Cognition

by David L. Morgan

Overview

In this accessible text, David Morgan explains the fundamental principals of learning and cognition while employing the central organizing theme that the notion of learning and cognition are best conceptualized as processes that allow animals, including humans, to adapt to complex environments over time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781559345729
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date:	01/24/2002
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION 2. OUTLINE: PAVLOVIAN CONDITIONING: BASIC PRINCIPLES 3. PAVLOVIAN CONDITIONING: APPLICATIONS 4. OPERANT CONDITIONING AND REINFORCEMENT 5. OPERANT CONDITIONING: APPLICATIONS 6. SOCIAL LEARNING 7. REMEMBERING AND FORGETTING 8. CONCEPTUAL BEHAVIOR 9. ACQUIRING AND USING LANGUAGE 10. BIOLOGY, LEARNING, AND COGNITION

Editorial Reviews

In an introductory text applying the principles of learning and cognition to render it accessible and relevant to undergraduates, Morgan (who identifies himself as a first-time textbook author and professor of an unnamed college) covers the standard bases with vignettes, sidebar definitions of terms, and thought questions. Topics include the history of the study of learning and cognition as adaptation, conditioning, social learning, memory, conceptual behavior, language, the nervous system, and modern evolutionary psychology. A test bank is available on a CD-ROM not bundled with the book. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)