Learning Theory and Behaviour Modification

ISBN-13: 9781138635005 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 192 str.

Stephen Walker

Opis

Attempts to formulate scientific theories based on both animal experiments and human experience have been applied to education and the treatment of psychological disturbance, with some success. First published in 1984, this incisive guide to the research and its outcomes provides the background to one of the most debated topics in psychology today.

Spis treści

1. Introduction to Learning Theory  2. Common Factors in Learning Theories  3. Pavlovian Conditioning: Reflexes, Expectancies and Involuntary Emotional Associations  4. Goals, Rewards and Reinforcements  5. Punishment, Avoidance, Conflict and Anxiety  6. Pavlov’s Applications of his Conditioned Reflex Theory  7. Watson’s Applications of Behaviourism to Advertising and to Children  8. Applications of Stimulus-Response Theories from Thorndike to Wolpe  9. H.J. Eysenck and Behaviour Therapy at the Maudsley Hospital  10. B.F. Skinner on Language and Life  11. Plain Behaviour Modification: Rewards and Withdrawal of Rewards  12. Behaviour Therapy and Cognitive Behaviour Modification.  Suggestions for Further Reading.  References and Name Index.  Subject Index.

O autorze

Stephen Walker