Learning and Memory, International Edition - From Brain to Behavior

Freshly updated, with a new modular format, the new edition of this bestseller brings a modern perspective to the study of learning and memory

List of contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION MODULE
The Psychology of Learning and Memory
The Neuroscience of Learning and Memory
PART II: LEARNING MODULE
Habituation, Sensitization, and Familiarization:
Learning about Repeated Events
Classical Conditioning: Learning to Predict Important Events
Operant Conditioning: Learning the Outcome of Behaviors
Generalization and Discrimination Learning
PART III: MEMORY MODULE
Semantic and Episodic Memory: Memory for Facts and Events
Skill Memory: Learning by Doing
Working Memory and Cognitive Control
PART IV: INTEGRATIVE TOPICS MODULE
Emotional Influences on Learning and Memory
Social Learning and Memory: Observing, Interacting, and Reenacting Development and Aging: Learning and Memory across the Lifespan

About the author

Mark A. Gluck, Eduardo Mercado and Catherine E. Myers

Product details

• Authors: Mark A. Gluck, Eduardo Mercado, Catherine Myers, Catherine E. Myers
• Publisher: Macmillan Education
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2013
• EAN: 9781429298582
• ISBN: 978-1-4292-9858-2
• No. of pages: 640
• Dimensions: 205 mm x 253 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 988 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology