B.R. HERGENHAHN

For undergraduate and graduate courses in Learning Theory and Learning in departments of psychology and education. Accessible for undergraduates yet thorough enough for graduate students, this comprehensive text defines learning and shows how the learning process is studied. The text places learning in its historical perspective, giving students an appreciation for the figures and theories that have shaped 100 years of learning theory research.NEW TO THIS EDITION Updated research and references throughout. Provides students with the most current research in the field in a user-friendly user format. Research in the Pavlovian tradition. Shows students learning irrelevance and superconditioning phenomena. ?Active brain? approach in Gestalt psychology and neural plasticity. Provides students with new information about exciting developments in the neurosciences. Contemporary re-thinking about the brain''s reinforcement centers. Shows students new thinking about the roles of these centers in addiction.FEATURES AND BENEFITS NEW - Updated research and references throughout. Provides students with the most current research in the field in a user-friendly user format. NEW - Research in the Pavlovian tradition. Shows students learning irrelevance and superconditioning phenomena. NEW - ?Active brain? approach in Gestalt psychology and neural plasticity. Provides students with new information about exciting developments in the neurosciences. NEW - Contemporary re-thinking about the brain''s reinforcement centers. Shows students new thinking about the roles of these centers in addiction. Full-chapter coverage of each major theory/theorist. Helps students recognize the significance of each theory/theorist and their contribution to the field. Examples of theory put into practice. Enables students to relate theoretical concepts to real-life situations. End-of-chapter evaluation sections?Includes conditions and criticisms.

Quizás podamos llegar a una definición aceptable de Psicología moderna observando las diversas actividades que realizan los psicólogos contemporáneos. Precisamente en esta obra se estudia la opinión de los psicologos a lo largo de toda la historia, incluso antes de que apareciera la psicologia como tal, y estaba mezclada con la filosofia y la busqueda de la propia razon de la humanidad. Aunque no existe una definicion unica de psicologia, uno de los propositos de este libro es examinar los arigenes de la psicologia moderna y demostrar que la mayor parte de los intereses de los psicologos actuales son manifestaciones de temas que han formado parte de la Psicologia durante cientos o, en la mayoria de los casos, miles de años.