Research Catalog

Title

Learning and memory / John Lutz.

Author

Lutz, John, 1944-

Publication

Long Grove, Ill. : Waveland Press, [2005], ©2005.

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Lutz, John, 1944-

Description

ix, 381 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"This expanded second edition continues to provide thorough coverage of both landmark research and the latest studies on the processes of learning and remembering, comprehensively covering the principles of classical and operant conditioning. The author's straightforward, uncomplicated style clarifies even the most technical theories, providing everyday experiences as examples."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Reinforcement (Psychology)
• Classical conditioning
• Memory
• Learning, Psychology of
• Operant conditioning

Note

• "The first edition of this book was published as Introduction to learning and memory"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-360) and indexes.

Contents

1. What is learning? -- 2. Habituation and sensitization : two simple forms of learning -- 3. Classical conditioning -- 4. Operant conditioning -- 5. Punishment and negative reinforcement -- 6. Theories of reinforcement -- 7. Generalization and discrimination -- 8. A comparison of classical and operant conditioning -- 9. The context of learning -- 10. Verbal learning : the study of transfer and memory -- 11. Information-processing models of memory -- 12. Knowledge representation in permanent memory -- 13. Processing and remembering.

ISBN

• 1577663616
• 0577663616 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

• ocm57029104
• SCSB-5183926

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries