Principles of Learning and Behavior

by Domjan, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780534346706
• ISBN10: 0534346707
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-08-10
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Domjan's book provides a comprehensive and systematic introduction to elementary forms of learning that have been the focus of research for much of the twentieth century. The book covers habituation, classical conditioning, instrumental conditioning, stimulus control, aversive control, and their applications to the study of cognition and to the alleviation of behavior problems. Biological constraints on learning are integrated throughout the text, as are applications boxes that relate animal research to human learning and behavior. The book closely reflects the field of research it represents, in terms of topics covered, theories discussed, and experimental paradigms described.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction	1	(26)
2 Elicited Behavior, Habituation, and Sensitization	27	(30)
3 Classical Conditioning: Foundations	57	(30)
4 Classical Conditioning: Mechanisms	87	(35)
5 Instrumental Conditioning: Foundations	122	(37)
6 Schedules of Reinforcement and Choice Behavior	159	(30)
7 Reinforcement: Theories and Experimental Analysis	189	(27)
8 Stimulus Control of Behavior	216	(35)
9 Aversive Control: Avoidance and Punishment	251	(33)
10 Classical-Instrumental Interactions and the Associative Structure of Instrumental Conditioning	284	(23)
11 Animal Cognition: Memory Mechanisms	307	(36)
12 Complex Animal Cognition	343