Human Learning » (5th Edition)

Human Learning, fifth edition, is the leading text on learning theories applied to education. It covers a broad range of learning theories, including behaviorist, social cognitive, cognitive, and developmental. Complex learning and cognition, including metacognition, transfer, and social processes in knowledge construction are also covered, as is motivation. Coverage demonstrates, through the author's extremely lucid and engaging prose, how different concepts relate to one another. The book provides dozens of proven examples, and emphasizes meaningful learning that makes the fundamentals of these theories comprehensible to students with little or no prior coursework in psychology. Key revisions to this book include a thoroughly updated section on behaviorism, a new, separate chapter on the developmental theories of Piaget and Vygotsky, and a reorganized motivation section.

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New edition of an undergraduate text for students who do not have much background in psychology. The author covers behaviorist views of learning, classical conditioning, operant conditioning, social learning theory, cognitive views of learning, several topics in memory, complex learning and cognition, effective study strategies, and learning through interactions with others. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

PART I. Introduction to Human Learning

Chapter 1 Perspectives on Learning

Chapter 2 Learning and the Brain

PART II. Behaviorist Views of Learning

Chapter 3 Behaviorism and Classical Conditioning

Chapter 4 Instrumental Conditioning

Chapter 5 Applications of Instrumental Conditioning

PART III. Social Cognitive Theory

Chapter 6 Social Cognitive Theory

PART IV. Cognitive Views of Learning

Chapter 7 Introduction to Cognition and Memory

Chapter 8 Long-Term Memory I: Storage

Chapter 9 Long-Term Memory II: The Nature of Knowledge

Chapter 10 Long-Term Memory III: Retrieval and Forgetting

PART V. Developmental Perspectives

Chapter 11 Developmental Perspectives on Cognition

PART VI. Complex Learning and Cognition

Chapter 12 Metacognition, Self-Regulated Learning, and Study Strategies

Chapter 13 Transfer and Problem Solving

Chapter 14 Social Processes in Knowledge Construction

PART VII. Motivation

Chapter 15 Motivation and Affect

Chapter 16 Cognitive Factors in Motivation

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