The Psychology of Learning

by Hartrisha Kaur Uchida

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This textbook is for a 3 unit psychology of learning for credit class at IVC. It is part of a Psychology ADT.

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Publisher
Irvine Valley College
Subjects
Social Sciences
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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
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Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Towards a Theory of Learning
  7. 1.1: Historical Background
  8. 1.2: What is Learning?
  9. 1.3: Societies and Journals
  10. 1.4: Chapter Recap
  11. 2: Research Methods in Learning and Behavior
  12. 2.1: The Scientific Method
  13. 2.2: Research Designs Used in the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
  14. 2.3: Dependent Measures
  15. 2.4: Animal and Human Research
  16. 2.5: Chapter Recap
  17. 3: Elicited Behaviors and More
  18. 3.1: Elicited Behaviors Defined
  19. 3.2: Reflexes
  20. 3.3: Modal Action Patterns
  21. 3.4: Non-associative Learning
  22. 3.5: Chapter Recap
  23. 4: Respondent Conditioning
  24. 4.1: The Nuts and Bolts of Respondent Conditioning
  25. 4.2: Properties Governing Respondent Conditioning
  26. 4.3: Theories of Conditioning
  27. 4.4: Chapter Recap
  28. 5: Applications of Respondent Conditioning
  29. 5.1: Fear Conditioning
  30. 5.2: Eyeblink Conditioning
  31. 5.3: Taste Aversion
  32. 5.4: Food Preferences
  33. 5.5: PTSD
  34. 5.6: Advertising
  35. 5.7: Chapter Recap
  36. 6: Operant Conditioning
  37. 6.1: Historical Background
  38. 6.2: Basics of Operant Conditioning
  39. 6.3: Factors on Operant Learning
  40. 6.4: Schedules of Reinforcement
  41. 6.5: Theories of Reinforcement
  42. 6.6: Stimulus Control
  43. 6.7: Aversive Control – Avoidance and Punishment
  44. 6.8: Extinction
  45. 6.9: Chapter Recap
  46. 7: Applications of Operant Conditioning
  47. 7.1: Overview of the Process of Change
  48. 7.2: A Willingness to Change
  49. 7.3: Defining the Behavior and Goal Setting
  50. 7.4: The ABCs of Behavior and Functional Assessment
  51. 7.5: Strategies to Bring about Motivated Change
  52. 7.6: Implementing the Plan
  53. 7.7: Evaluating the Plan’s Success
  54. 7.8: Maintenance Phase and Relapse Prevention
  55. 7.9: Chapter Recap
  56. 8: Observational Learning
  57. 8.1: What is Observational Learning?
  58. 8.2: Bandura’s Classic Experiment
  59. 8.3: Do We Imitate Everything We See?
  60. 8.4: Observational Learning and Behavior Modification
  61. 8.5: Chapter Recap
  62. 9: Complementary, Not Competing
  63. 9.1: Introduction
  64. 9.2: What Is Learning?
  65. 9.3: Classical Conditioning
  66. 9.4: Operant Conditioning
  67. 9.5: Observational Learning (Modeling)
  68. 9.6: Critical Thinking Questions
  69. 9.7: Key Terms
  70. 9.8: Personal Application Questions
  71. 9.9: Review Questions
  72. 9.10: Summary
  73. 10: Complementary Cognitive Processes - Sensation (and Perception)
  74. 10.1: Understanding Communication in the Nervous System
  75. 10.2: Sensation
  76. 10.3: The Neural Impulse
  77. 10.4: Perception- Adding Meaning to Raw Sensory Data
  78. 10.5: Sending Commands Out
  79. 10.6: Chapter Recap
  80. 11: Complementary Cognitive Processes - Memory
  81. 11.1: Attention- Deciding What to Dedicate Cognitive Resources To
  82. 11.2: Memory- Demonstrating That We Have Learned
  83. 11.3: Memory Errors and Forgetting
  84. 11.4: Chapter Recap
  85. 12: Complementary Cognitive Processes – Language
  86. 12.1: Language and Its Structure
  87. 12.2: Learning a Language
  88. 12.3: Learning Another Language
  89. 12.4: Chapter Recap
  90. 13: Complementary Cognitive Processes – Learning Concepts
  91. 13.1: Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development
  92. 13.2: The Elements of Cognition
  93. 13.3: Problem-Solving- When We Seek Solutions
  94. 13.4: Reasoning- Making Good Decisions, And Learning from Them
  95. 13.5: Intelligence — Putting Our Learning to Good Use
  96. 13.6: Learning Disabilities
  97. 13.7: Chapter Recap
  98. 14: Learning How to Learn - Evidence-Backed Study Strategies
  99. 14.1: Prelude
  100. 14.2: What Does It Mean to Study?
  101. 14.3: Concentration and Distraction
  102. 14.4: Ways to Enhance Memory
  103. Back Matter
  104. Index
  105. Glossary
  106. References
  107. Detailed Licensing
  108. Detailed Licensing