Adaptive learning and the human condition / / Jeffrey C. Levy, Seton Hall University

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460523903321
• Autore: Levy Jeffrey C.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Routledge : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2016
• ISBN: 1-315-66516-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Disciplina: 153.15
• Soggetti: Learning, Psychology of; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "A Psychology Press book."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Part 1 A Science of Adaptive Learning; Chapter 1 Science, Psychology, and Adaptive Learning; The Human Condition; Explanation and Empiricism; The Scientific Method; Early History of Psychology; Psychology Today; Scientific Explanation in Psychology; Where Does Psychology Look for Explanations?; Human Genetic Potential; The Importance of Learning; Definitions of Learning; Operational; Structural/Functional; Adaptive; Direct and Indirect Learning; Summary; References; Conditioned SuppressionBasic Predictive Learning Phenomena; Acquisition; Extinction; Spontaneous Recovery; External Inhibition and Disinhibition; Renewal; Stimulus Generalization and Discrimination; Higher-Order Conditioning and Sensory Preconditioning; Excitatory and Inhibitory Learning; The Summation Procedure; The Retardation-of-Acquisition Procedure; Latent Extinction; Occasion Setting; Summary; References; Chapter 4 Predictive Learning: Basic Variables and Theoretical Issues; Variables Influencing Predictive Learning; Sequencing of Events; Timing of Events-The Law of Temporal Contiguity; Eyeblink and Heart Rate ConditioningAn Exception-Acquired Taste Aversion; Intensity of Events; Scheduling of Events; Theoretical Issues; Is Extinction Unlearning or Inhibitory Learning?; Pavlov's Stimulus Substitution Model; Is Temporal Contiguity Sufficient?; Must the CR ; Resemble the UR?; The Rescorla-Wagner Model; Summary; References; Chapter 5 Predictive Learning: Applications; Basic and Applied Science; Direct Classical Conditioning of Emotions; Indirect Classical Conditioning of Emotions; Desensitization and Sensitization Procedures; Classical Conditioning of Word Meaning; Classical Conditioning of AttitudesEvaluative Conditioning; Classical Conditioning of Drug Tolerance; Summary; References; Part 3 Control Learning; Chapter 6 Control Learning: Basic Principles and Phenomena; Thorndike and Skinner; Apparatuses Used to Study Control Learning; Skinner's Contingency Schema; Adaptive Learning Overview; Learned and Unlearned Appetitive and Aversive Stimuli; Discriminative Stimuli and Warning Stimuli; Stimulus-Response Chains; Basic Control Learning Phenomena; Acquisition-Appetitive Control; Acquisition-Aversive Control; Species-Specific Characteristics and Adaptive Learning