Learning : a very short introduction / Mark Haselgrove.

By:

Haselgrove, Mark, 1974-

Material type:

TextSeries: Very short introductions ; 481.Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.Description: xiv, 114 pages : ill. b&w ; 18 cmISBN:

9780199688364

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DDC classification:

370.1523

Contents:

1. What is learning? -- 2. What is learned during learning? -- 3. The surprising thing about learning -- 4. Learning about space and time -- 5. When learning goes wrong -- 6. Learning from others -- 7. Surely there is more to learning than that?

Summary: What is learning? How does it take place? What happens when it goes wrong? The topic of learning has been central to the development of the science of psychology since its inception. Without learning there can be no memory, no language and no intelligence. Indeed it is rather difficult to imagine a part of psychology, or neuroscience, that learning does not touch upon. In this Very Short Introduction, Mark Haselgrove describes learning from the perspective of associative theories of classical and instrumental conditioning, and considers why these are the dominant, and best described analyses of learning in contemporary psychology. Tracing the origins of these theories, he discusses the techniques used to study learning in both animals and humans, and considers the importance of learning for animal behavior and survival.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-110) and index.

1. What is learning? --
2. What is learned during learning? --
3. The surprising thing about learning --
4. Learning about space and time --
5. When learning goes wrong --
6. Learning from others --
7. Surely there is more to learning than that?

What is learning? How does it take place? What happens when it goes wrong?

The topic of learning has been central to the development of the science of psychology since its inception. Without learning there can be no memory, no language and no intelligence. Indeed it is rather difficult to imagine a part of psychology, or neuroscience, that learning does not touch upon. In this Very Short Introduction, Mark Haselgrove describes learning from the perspective of associative theories of classical and instrumental conditioning, and considers why these are the dominant, and best described analyses of learning in contemporary psychology. Tracing the origins of these theories, he discusses the techniques used to study learning in both animals and humans, and considers the importance of learning for animal behavior and survival.

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