Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Bower, Gordon H.

Description

1. vi, 698 pages illustrations; 24 cm

Series statement

1. The Century psychology series

Uniform title

1. Century psychology series

Subject

1. Learning, Psychology of
2. Learning
3. Educational psychology
4. Learning
5. Psychology, Educational
6. Educational psychology
7. Learning, Psychology of
8. Lernpsychologie
9. Lerntheorie
10. Psychologie
11. Einführung
12. Leertheorieën

Contents

1. The nature of learning theory: Origins and characteristics -- Thorndike's connectionism -- Pavlov's classical conditioning -- Guthrie's contiguous conditioning -- Tolman's sign learning -- Hull's systematic behavior theory -- Skinner's operant conditioning -- Gestalt theory -- Functionalism -- Piaget's developmental psychology -- Freud's psychodynamics -- Mathematical learning theory -- Information-processing theories of behavior -- Neurophysiology of learning -- Recent developments -- Theory of instruction.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Bibliography: p. 639-682.