Theories of Human Learning - Mrs Gribbin''s Cat

Mrs Gribbin invites you to join her as she explores the changing landscape of learning theories and their implications.

List of contents

List of Illustrations; Preface; Part I. Science and Theory: 1. Human learning; Part II. Mostly Behavioristic Theories: 2. Early behaviorism: Pavlov, Watson, and Guthrie; 3. The effects of behavior: Thorndike and Hull; 4. Operant conditioning: Skinner's radical behaviorism; 5. Evolutionary psychology: learning, biology, and the brain; Part III. The Beginnings of Modern Cognitivism: 6. Transition to modern cognitivism: Hebb, Tolman, and the Gestaltists; Part IV. Mostly Cognitive Theories: 7. Three cognitive theories: Bruner, Piaget, and Vygotsky; 8. Learning and memory; 9. Motivation and emotions; 10. Social learning: Bandura's social cognitive theory; 11. Machine learning and artificial intelligence: the future?; Part V. Summary: 12. Summary, synthesis, and integration; Epilogue; Glossary; References; Name index; Subject index.

About the author

Guy R. Lefrançois is Honorary Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta, Canada. He has published over fifty titles, including a number of best-selling textbooks in their respective fields.

Summary

Suitable for graduate and undergraduate students, this new edition reflects a significant update in research, theory, and applications in all areas of learning theory. It is both a serious, academic textbook and the delightful tale of the sharp-witted and acerbic narrator, Mrs Gribbin, and her (possibly dangerous) cat.

Product details

• Authors: GUY R. LEFRAN OIS, Guy R. Lefrancois, Guy R. (University of Alberta) Lefrancois, Guy R. Lefrançois
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781108484633
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48463-3
• No. of pages: 566
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / General, Educational psychology, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology