Human Learning

by Ormrod, Jeanne Ellis

• ISBN13: 9780132327497
• ISBN10: 013232749X
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Human Learning, fifth edition, is the leading text on learning theories applied to education. It covers a broad range of learning theories, including behaviorist, social cognitive, cognitive, and developmental. Complex learning and cognition, including metacognition, transfer, and social processes in knowledge construction are also covered, as is motivation. Coverage demonstrates, through the author's extremely lucid and engaging prose, how different concepts relate to one another. The book provides dozens of proven examples, and emphasizes meaningful learning that makes the fundamentals of these theories comprehensible to students with little or no prior coursework in psychology. Key revisions to this book include a thoroughly updated section on behaviorism, a new, separate chapter on the developmental theories of Piaget and Vygotsky, and a reorganized motivation section.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Human Learning

Perspectives on Learning

Learning and the Brain

Behaviorist Views of Learning

Behaviorism and Classical Conditioning

Instrumental Conditioning

Applications of Instrumental Conditioning

Social Cognitive Theory

Social Cognitive Theory

Cognitive Views of Learning

Introduction to Cognition and Memory

Long-Term Memory I: Storage

Long-Term Memory II: The Nature of Knowledge

Long-Term Memory III: Retrieval and Forgetting

Developmental Perspectives

Developmental Perspectives on Cognition

Complex Learning and Cognition

Metacognition, Self-Regulated Learning, and Study Strategies

Transfer and Problem Solving

Social Processes in Knowledge Construction

Motivation

Motivation and Affect

Cognitive Factors in Motivation

References

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