Guy R. Lefrançois - Theories of Human Learning: Mrs Gribbins Cat

Theories of Human Learning

Mrs. Gribbins Cat

Seventh Edition

Both a serious academic text and an intriguing story, this seventh edition reflects a significant update in research, theory, and applications in all areas. It presents a comprehensive view of the historical development of learning theories from behaviorist through to cognitive models. The chapters also cover memory, motivation, social learning, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.

The authors highly entertaining style clarifies concepts, emphasizes practical applications, and presents a thought-provoking, narrator-based commentary. The stage is given to Mrs. Gribbin and her swashbuckling cat, who both lighten things up and supply much-needed detail. These two help to explore the importance of technology for simulating human cognitive processes and engage with current models of memory. They investigate developments in, and applications of, brain-based research and plunge into models in motivation theory, to name but a few of the adventures they embark upon in this textbook.

Guy R. Lefranois is Honorary Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta, Canada. He has published over 50 titles, including a number of best-selling textbooks in their respective fields.

Theories of Human Learning

Mrs. Gribbins Cat

Seventh Edition

Guy R. Lefranois

University of Alberta

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DOI: 10.1017/9781108696333

Fifth edition 2006 Wadsworth, Cengage Learning

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This book is dedicated to my grandmother, Emerilda Francur, who taught me things I would never otherwise have known, with an honorable mention to Mrs. Gribbins feline, Schrdinger.

(Editors Note: This is Mrs. Gribbins motto, thumbprint, seal, and signature all of which she insisted are necessary to make a document true and binding. In English, this Latin motto fronti nulla fides means, more or less, you cant judge a book by its cover.)

Brief Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Boxes

Preface: Read this First

Part I Science and Theory

Human Learning

Part II Mostly Behavioristic Theories

Early Behaviorism: Pavlov, Watson, and Guthrie

The Effects of Behavior: Thorndike and Hull

Operant Conditioning: Skinners Radical Behaviorism

Evolutionary Psychology: Learning, Biology, and the Brain

Part III The Beginnings of Modern Cognitivism

Transition to Modern Cognitivism: Hebb, Tolman, and the Gestaltists

Part IV Mostly Cognitive Theories

Three Cognitive Theories: Bruner, Piaget, and Vygotsky

Learning and Memory

Motivation and Emotions

Social Learning: Banduras Social Cognitive Theory

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence: The Future?

Part V Summary

Summary, Synthesis, and Integration

Lefranoiss Epilogue

Glossary

References

Name Index

Subject Index

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Boxes

Preface: Read this First

Part I Science and Theory

Human Learning

What Mrs. Gribbin Said: This Book

The Psychology of Learning

Scientific Theories

Science and Psychological Theories

Theories of Learning: A Brief Overview

Preview of this Text

Applications of Learning Theories

Main Point Chapter Summary

Part II Mostly Behavioristic Theories

Early Behaviorism: Pavlov, Watson, and Guthrie

This Chapter

Early Scientific Psychology

Ivan P. Pavlov (18491936)

John B. Watson (18781958)

Edwin R. Guthrie (18861959)

Evaluation of Early Behavioristic Theories

Main Point Chapter Summary

The Effects of Behavior: Thorndike and Hull

This Chapter

Edward L. Thorndikes Connectionism

Animal Intelligence

Clark L. Hulls Hypothetico-Deductive System

Overview of Hulls System

Educational Implications of Thorndike and Hull

Main Point Chapter Summary

Operant Conditioning: Skinners Radical Behaviorism

This Chapter

Radical Behaviorism: An Antitheory?

Reinforcement and Punishment

Schedules of Reinforcement

Fading, Generalization, and Discrimination

Practical Applications of Operant Conditioning

Skinners Position: An Appraisal

Main Point Chapter Summary

Evolutionary Psychology: Learning, Biology, and the Brain

This Chapter

Taste Aversion Learning

Evolutionary Psychology

A Transition

Learning and the Brain

Biofeedback and Neurofeedback

Main Point Chapter Summary

Part III The Beginnings of Modern Cognitivism

Transition to Modern Cognitivism: Hebb, Tolman, and the Gestaltists

This Chapter

Hebbs Theory

From Behaviorism to Cognitivism

Mechanistic Behaviorism

Tolmans Purposive Behaviorism

Gestalt Psychology

Metaphors in Psychology

Main Point Chapter Summary

Part IV Mostly Cognitive Theories

Three Cognitive Theories: Bruner, Piaget, and Vygotsky

This Chapter

Cognitive Psychology

Cognitivism Compared with Behaviorism