Essentials of Conditioning and Learning

by Domjan, Michael P.

• ISBN13: 9780534356422
• ISBN10: 0534356427
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-08-04
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

This concise and accessible summary of the essentials of conditioning and learning by Michael Domjan, one of the top researchers in the field, quickly guides students to key topics. Domjan summarizes contemporary perspectives and makes research results understandable. This book is perfect for professors and students who want an accurate account of learning and conditioningùthe "essentials"ùwithout excessive detail.

Author Biography

Michael Domjan is Professor and Chair of the Psychology Department at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in learning since 1973. He has served as Editor of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes and Associate Editor of Learning and Motivation. He is noted for his research on food-aversion learning and learning mechanisms in sexual behavior. He is recipient of the G. Stanley Hall Award from the American Psychological Association, and his research on sexual conditioning was selected for a MERIT Award by the National Institutes of Mental Health. His textbook, The Principles of Learning and Behavior, is now in its fourth edition.

Table of Contents

ONE Basic Concepts and Definitions	1	(12)
TWO The Structure of Unconditioned Behavior	13	(12)
THREE Habituation and Sensitization	25	(16)
FOUR Pavlovian Conditioning and Extinction	41	(22)
FIVE Stimulus Relations in Pavlovian Conditioning	63	(18)
SIX Instrumental or Operant Conditioning	81	(18)
SEVEN Schedules of Reinforcement	99	(21)
EIGHT Theories of Reinforcement	120	(15)
NINE Punishment	135	(14)
TEN Avoidance Learning	149	(18)
ELEVEN Stimulus Control of Behavior	167	(18)
TWELVE Memory Mechanisms	185