Theories of Human Learning What the Old Man Said

by Lefrancois, Guy R.

• ISBN13: 9780534362201
• ISBN10: 0534362206
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-30
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

The old man isn't just anyone. In fact, professors familiar with previous editions of this book may conclude that he is related to those extraterrestrials Kongor and Kro, who so successfully guided students through the maze of historic and current theories that help us understand how humans learn. And, wise as he is, the old man does the job even more effectively than his predecessors in this Fourth Edition of THEORIES OF HUMAN LEARNING: WHAT THE OLD MAN SAID. Both a serious academic text and a delightful story, this book offers a clear, readable look at a full range of learning theories?from behavioristic to cognitive?examining memory and motivation, and concluding with a comprehensive synthesis. Its most apparent strength is its easily accessible style, but its greatest value lies in the clarity of its concepts.

Table of Contents

Part 1 The First Words: Science and Theory	1	(26)
1 Human Learning: Science and Theory	1	(26)
Part 2 Mostly Behavioristic Theories	27	(128)
2 Pavlov, Watson, and Guthrie: EarlyBehaviorism	27	(34)
3 Thorndike and Hull: The Effects of Behavior	61	(29)
4 Skinner's Radical Behaviorism: Operant Conditioning	90	(44)
5 Learning and Biology: Evolutionary Psychology	134	(21)
Part 3 The Beginnings of Modern Cognitivism	155	(35)
6 Hebb, Tolman, and the Gestaltists: Toward Modern Cognitivism	155	(35)
Part 4 Mostly Cognitive Theories	190	(120)
7 Bruner and Piaget: Two Cognitive Theories	190	(44)
8 Neural Networks: The New Connectionism	234	(21)
9 Learning and Remembering: Models of Memory	255	(30)
10 Motives: Behavior's Reasons and Causes	285	(25)
Part 5 The Last Words: Summary	310	(29)
11 Analysis, Synthesis, and Integration	310	(29)
Epilogue	339	(2)
Glossary	341	(14)
References	355	(14)
Name Index	369	(6)
Subject Index	375	(10)
Photo Credits	385