Adaptive Learning and the Human Condition: Behavior Modification and the Helping Professions

Author:   Jeffrey C. Levy (Seton Hall University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   2nd edition
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Pages:   404
Publication Date:   30 September 2021
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Author:   Jeffrey C. Levy (Seton Hall University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   2nd edition
Weight:   0.740kg
ISBN:  

9780367366827


ISBN 10:   0367366827
Pages:   404
Publication Date:   30 September 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Part I: A Science of Psychology and Adaptive Learning Chapter 1 A Science of Psychology and the Human Condition Chapter 2 A Science of Adaptive Learning Part II: Principles of Adaptive Learning Chapter 3 Predictive Learning – Phenomena and Variables Chapter 4 Predictive Learning – Theoretical Issues and Applications Chapter 5 Appetitive Control Learning Chapter 6 Aversive Control Learning Part III: Adaptive Learning and Human Condition Chapter 7 Antecedents and Control Learning Chapter 8 Indirect Adaptive Learning Chapter 9 Adaptive Learning and the Human Condition Chapter 10 Problem Solving and Technology Chapter 11 Choice and Self-Control Part IV: Behavior Modifications and the Helping Professions Chapter 12 Helping Professions Chapter 13 Behavior Modification Chapter 14 Help

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Praise for the first edition The text has a focus on adaptive learning which not only underscores the relationship between operant and classical learning but highlights our individual ability to operate on and control our own environments and, thus, our own learning. Students should find this premise enormously interesting and relatable - Margherita Rossi, Broome Community College I am interested! The approach appears to be unique in its focus on the adaptive function of learning, something I always emphasize in my course. I may be especially interested in this text for my graduate course in Learning, as my students are PsyD candidates. The strengths are the evolutionary emphasis and the writing style. I really liked his careful discussion of the Tolman experiment because I think it would help students understand the importance of each aspect of the design. - Cora Sherburne, IUP I'm intrigued by the Levy's approach to 'modernizing' the teaching of basic learning processes. I have been teaching this course for a very long time and little has been done, successfully, to deviate from the traditional approach. Levy's attempt to bring respondent and operant learning together rather than to clarify their distinctions might just work. - Kris Biondolillo, Arkansas State University It takes a different approach to the coverage of behavior theory in psychology by including topics that are typically not found in most textbooks (e.g., emphasis on adaptation to the environment, social learning and culture, human applications of principles of learning). - Peter Butera, Niagara University The goal of the text is to bridge the gap between science and practice. My reading of the contents suggests that it goes a long way toward meeting its goal. The author seems to have arranged the text by introducing a problem with basic-science findings and then showing their relevance to applied concerns. - Daniel Cerutti, California State University East Bay


"Praise for the first edition ""The text has a focus on adaptive learning which not only underscores the relationship between operant and classical learning but highlights our individual ability to operate on and control our own environments and, thus, our own learning. Students should find this premise enormously interesting and relatable"" - Margherita Rossi, Broome Community College ""I am interested! The approach appears to be unique in its focus on the adaptive function of learning, something I always emphasize in my course. I may be especially interested in this text for my graduate course in Learning, as my students are PsyD candidates. The strengths are the evolutionary emphasis and the writing style. I really liked his careful discussion of the Tolman experiment because I think it would help students understand the importance of each aspect of the design."" - Cora Sherburne, IUP ""I'm intrigued by the Levy's approach to 'modernizing' the teaching of basic learning processes. I have been teaching this course for a very long time and little has been done, successfully, to deviate from the traditional approach. Levy's attempt to bring respondent and operant learning together rather than to clarify their distinctions might just work."" - Kris Biondolillo, Arkansas State University ""It takes a different approach to the coverage of behavior theory in psychology by including topics that are typically not found in most textbooks (e.g., emphasis on adaptation to the environment, social learning and culture, human applications of principles of learning)."" - Peter Butera, Niagara University ""The goal of the text is to bridge the gap between science and practice. My reading of the contents suggests that it goes a long way toward meeting its goal. The author seems to have arranged the text by introducing a problem with basic-science findings and then showing their relevance to applied concerns."" - Daniel Cerutti, California State University East Bay Praise for the first edition ""The text has a focus on adaptive learning which not only underscores the relationship between operant and classical learning but highlights our individual ability to operate on and control our own environments and, thus, our own learning. Students should find this premise enormously interesting and relatable"" - Margherita Rossi, Broome Community College ""I am interested! The approach appears to be unique in its focus on the adaptive function of learning, something I always emphasize in my course. I may be especially interested in this text for my graduate course in Learning, as my students are PsyD candidates. The strengths are the evolutionary emphasis and the writing style. I really liked his careful discussion of the Tolman experiment because I think it would help students understand the importance of each aspect of the design."" - Cora Sherburne, IUP ""I'm intrigued by the Levy's approach to 'modernizing' the teaching of basic learning processes. I have been teaching this course for a very long time and little has been done, successfully, to deviate from the traditional approach. Levy's attempt to bring respondent and operant learning together rather than to clarify their distinctions might just work."" - Kris Biondolillo, Arkansas State University ""It takes a different approach to the coverage of behavior theory in psychology by including topics that are typically not found in most textbooks (e.g., emphasis on adaptation to the environment, social learning and culture, human applications of principles of learning)."" - Peter Butera, Niagara University ""The goal of the text is to bridge the gap between science and practice. My reading of the contents suggests that it goes a long way toward meeting its goal. The author seems to have arranged the text by introducing a problem with basic-science findings and then showing their relevance to applied concerns."" - Daniel Cerutti, California State University East Bay"


Praise for the first edition The text has a focus on adaptive learning which not only underscores the relationship between operant and classical learning but highlights our individual ability to operate on and control our own environments and, thus, our own learning. Students should find this premise enormously interesting and relatable - Margherita Rossi, Broome Community College I am interested! The approach appears to be unique in its focus on the adaptive function of learning, something I always emphasize in my course. I may be especially interested in this text for my graduate course in Learning, as my students are PsyD candidates. The strengths are the evolutionary emphasis and the writing style. I really liked his careful discussion of the Tolman experiment because I think it would help students understand the importance of each aspect of the design. - Cora Sherburne, IUP I'm intrigued by the Levy's approach to modernizing the teaching of basic learning processes. I have been teaching this course for a very long time and little has been done, successfully, to deviate from the traditional approach. Levy's attempt to bring respondent and operant learning together rather than to clarify their distinctions might just work. - Kris Biondolillo, Arkansas State University It takes a different approach to the coverage of behavior theory in psychology by including topics that are typically not found in most textbooks (e.g., emphasis on adaptation to the environment, social learning and culture, human applications of principles of learning). - Peter Butera, Niagara University The goal of the text is to bridge the gap between science and practice. My reading of the contents suggests that it goes a long way toward meeting its goal. The author seems to have arranged the text by introducing a problem with basic-science findings and then showing their relevance to applied concerns. - Daniel Cerutti, California State University East Bay


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Jeffrey C. Levy received the Dean's Advisory Council’s Outstanding Teacher Award, the Sears-Roebuck Award for College Teaching and Campus Leadership, and was twice nominated by Seton Hall University for National CASE Professor of the Year. Trained as an experimental psychologist with interests in behavior modification, Levy regularly taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Learning and Behavior Modification.

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