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Author:   Robert R. Mowrer ,  Stephen B. Klein
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Psychology Press Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138012639

ISBN 10:   1138012637
Pages:   632
Publication Date:   01 December 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Preface. R.R. Mowrer, S.B. Klein, The Transitive Nature of Contemporary Learning Theory. A.R. Wagner, S.E. Brandon, A Componential Theory of Pavlovian Conditioning. J.C. Denniston, H.I. Savastano, R.R. Miller, The Extended Comparator Hypothesis: Learning by Contiguity, Responding by Relative Strength. R.A. Rescorla, Experimental Extinction. W. Timberlake, Motivational Modes in Behavior Systems. R.M. Church, K. Kirkpatrick, Theories of Conditioning and Timing. A.G. Baker, R.A. Murphy, F. Vallée-Tourangeau, R. Mehta, Contingency Learning and Causal Reasoning. B.W. Balleine, Incentive Processes in Instrumental Conditioning. G. Hall, Perceptual Learning: Association and Differentiation. A. Tomie, Autoshaping and Drug-Taking. N. DeSousa, F. Vaccarino, Neurobiology of Reinforcement: Interaction Between Dopamine and Cholecystokinin Systems. V.M. LoLordo, T.L. Taylor, Effects of Uncontrollable Aversive Events: Some Unsolved Puzzles. A.L. Riley, G.R. Simpson, The Attenuating Effects of Drug Preexposure on Taste Aversion Conditioning: Generality, Experimental Parameters, Underlying Mechanisms, and Implications for Drug Use and Abuse. D.J. Levis, K.E. Brewer, The Neurotic Paradox: Attempts by Two-Factor Fear Theory and Alternative Avoidance Models to Resolve the Issues Associated With Sustained Avoidance Responding in Extinction.

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Mowrer and Klein's edited volume makes a heroic effort, probably as committed an effort as is possible in a single book, to place learning theory in a wider conceptual and applied context while still retaining the depth of understanding that a narrow focus can bring....A strength of the book is its depth of analysis of some of the pervasive assumptions made by learning theorists....A particularly salient feature of the Handbook...is the amount of space devoted to issues of motivation and reinforcement....The Handbook's two most praiseworthy attributes are its unstinting critical examination of current associative theory and its broad consideration of how learning theory is applicable in the understanding of behavior problems such as drug dependence and neurosis....as a scholarly and pleasurable means of surveying the current landscape of work on learning theory, this book comes with a strong recommendation. -Contemporary Psychology

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