Psychology

This is the core text for Introductory and Intermediate level courses in psychology of learning, behavior, and/or conditioning which are offered in departments of psychology. Focusing on both classic and contemporary studies and the most recent development and trends, Mazur's comprehensive book describes the psychological theories, applications, and experiments of learning and behavior in both humans and animals.

• Offers eclectic and balanced coverage of a broad range of topics:
• Traditional topics — e.g., classical conditioning, operant conditioning, aversive control, and stimulus control.
• Contemporary topics — e.g., habituation, physiological research on learning, comparative cognition, observational learning, motor skill learning, and choice.
• Explores operant conditioning in depth — both basic studies and principles as well as applications in behavior therapy and modern research, e.g.:
• Response deprivation theory.
• Behavioral economics.
• Aversive control of behavior.
• Devotes an entire chapter to research on choice behavior. (Chap. 14)
• Considers classical conditioning in depth — both basic principles and modern research, e.g.:
• Conditioned opponent theories.
• Comparator theories.
• Physiological research on classical conditioning.
• Occasion setting.
• Human classical conditioning.
• Devotes an entire chapter to animal cognition (Chap. 11) — including short-and long-term memory, attention, timing and counting, serial pattern learning, chunking, reasoning, and animal language.
• Covers two topics that are often neglected or omitted in other similar texts:
• Observational learning.
• Motor skills learning.
• Includes numerous real-world examples and analogies that demonstrate the relevance of the experimental findings to everyday life.
• Many chapters also include sections that describe how the theories and principles have been used in the field of behavior modification.

• NEW—Updates each chapter to include new studies that reflect recent developments in the field.
• Adds more studies using human subjects, rather than animals.
• NEW—Integrates material on biological constraints on learning throughout, rather than in a single chapter.
• NEW—Divides coverage of operant conditioning into two, more manageable chapters. (Chaps. 6 & 9)
• NEW—Provides additional examples of applications to human behavior based on recent experimental research, e.g.:
• Habituation.
• Classical conditioning.
• Physiological mechanisms.
• Rule-governed behavior.
• Biological preparedness.
• Stimulus control.
• NEW—Covers several new topics:
• Chaos theory in psychology.
• Habituation in human infants.
• Eye movement desensitization.
• Neurophysiology of classical conditioning in humans.
• Percentile schedules and shaping.
• Factors affecting performance on reinforcement schedules.
• Overcorrection.
• Differential reinforcement of alternative behaviors.
• Stimulus satiation.
• Self-modeling.
• NEW—Revises/updates sections on:
• The Rescorla-Wagner model.
• Physiology of classical conditioning in animals.
• Token economies.
• The effects of reinforcement history.
• Biofeedback.
• Behavioral economics.
• Peak shift.
• Concept formation in animals.
• Motor programs.
• NEW—Concludes each chapter with a Summary and a set of essay-type review questions.
• NEW—Adds over 180 new references from the 1990s.

Preface.
Acknowledgments.
1. Introduction.
2. Simple Ideas, Simple Associations, and Simple Cells.
3. Innate Behavior Patterns and Habituation.
4. Basic Principles of Classical Conditioning.
5. Theories and Research on Classical Conditioning.
6. Basic Principles of Operant Conditioning.
7. Reinforcement Schedules: Experimental Analyses and Applications.
8. Avoidance and Punishment.
9. Theories and Research on Operant Conditioning.
10. Stimulus Control and Concept Formation.
11. Comparative Cognition.
12. Learning by Observation.
13. Learning Motor Skills.
14. Choice.
References.
Author Index.
Subject Index.

Learning  (Psychology)

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  Learning and Behavior, 6/E
  Mazur
  ©2006 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 464 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131931636 | ISBN-13: 9780131931633
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  Known for his clear and engaging writing style, James E. Mazur's text examines how learning takes place everywhere, by animals of all species and people of all ages. Introducing students to key research from the field, Mazur uses pedagogcial tools to help readers comprehend and apply the material. New learning objectives start each chapter and clearly lay out the content; in chapter quizzes and review questions help readers apply the material; finally the end of text glossary is a useful tool for defining the key terms.

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