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Fundamentals of Learning and Memory.
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Academic Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: |
[1981] ©1981 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Second edition, International edition. |
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| Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123568304 |
| Summary: |
Fundamentals of Learning and Memory. |
| Item Description: |
Edition published in 1976 under title: Fundamentals of learning. Includes indexes. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xvii, 639 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography: pages 562-621. |
| ISBN: |
9781483277561 1483277569 |
| Index Number: | BF318 |
| CLC: | B842.3 |
| Contents: |
Front Cover; Fundamentals of Learning and Memory; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; PART 1: INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1. What is learning? A word definition and some examples; A Verbal Definition of Learning; Examples of Learning; Summary; Chapter 2. Classical and instrumental conditioning; Operant and respondent conditioning; Classical conditioning; Selected examples of instrumental conditioning; summary; Chapter 3. Learning tasks: Some similarities and differences; Is paired-associate learning related to either classical or instrumental conditioning? Classical and instrumental conditioning comparedSimilarities among paired-associate learning, classical conditioning, and instrumental conditioning; conclusion; summary; Chapter 4. Biological limits; The ""interchangeable-parts"" conception of learning; The continuum of preparedness; Bait shyness: taste aversion; Species-specific defense reactions; Instinctive drift; Imprinting; Implications for general learning theory; summary; PART 2: ACQUISITION; Chapter 5. The role of contiguity in learning; The concept of contiguity; What are stimuli, responses, and associations? The search for noncontiguous learningContiguity without learning; conclusion; summary; Chapter 6. The role of practice in learning; Introduction; Learning curves; Hull's system: A theory of gradual growth; All-or-none theory; Patterns of practice; Levels of processing; conclusion; summary; Chapter 7. Reinforcement: Facts and theory; Operational and theoretical definitions; Parameters of reinforcement; Secondary reinforcement; Theories of reinforcement; conclusion; summary; PART 3: TRANSFER; Chapter 8. Generalization and discrimination; Generalization; Discrimination and stimulus control Discrimination processes in humansResponse differentiation; summary; Chapter 9. Transfer of training; Transfer designs: specific and nonspecific transfer; Specific transfer: similarity effects; The stage analysis of transfer of training; Generalization and transfer of training; Mediation paradigms and transfer of training; Part-whole transfer in free recall; Negative transfer in problem solving; Transfer effects and animals; summary; PART 4: RETENTION; Chapter 10. Interference and memory; Proactive inhibition; Retroactive inhibition; Decay versus interference; Variables affecting PI and RI The generality of interference effectsThe two-factor theory of forgetting; Challenges to unlearning; A further challenge: accessibility versus unavailability; Reducing interference effects; summary; Chapter 11. Information processing and memory; The components of memory: encoding, storage, and retrieval; Separate-storage models; Sensory memory, short-term store, long-term store; Additional models: more and less; Levels of processing; A continuum of memory models; summary; Chapter 12. Issues in memory; Introduction; Short-term memory versus long-term memory; Recognition versus recall |