A Cognitive Theory of Learning: Research on Hypothesis Testing

ISBN-13: 9781032327488 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 324 str.

Marvin Levine

Opis

Originally published in 1975, this title provides a history of hypothesis theory (H theory), along with the author’s research from the previous decade.

Spis treści

Preface.  Part I: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Hypothesis Theory  1. The Beginning  2. The Reaction  3. The Transition: Conditioning Theory in the Fifties  4. The Transition: Foreshadowings in the Fifties  5. The Renaissance: Mathematical Learning Theories in the Early Sixties  Part II: Visit to a Small Laboratory  6. The Analysis of Response Patterns by Human Adults  7. Probing for Hypotheses  8. Further Applications of Blank Trials  9. The Start of the Child Program  10. When S Fails to Learn  11. The Transfer Hypothesis  12. Summing Up.  Epilogue.  Appendix.  References.  Subject Index.