Theories of learning: Traditional perspectives/contemporary developments

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION

The Hows and Whys of Learning: Some Key Issues
On Theories and Theorists

PART ONE: THE HISTORY OF LEARNING THEORY

1 BASIC PRINCIPLES AND BACKGROUND OF PAVLOVIAN CONDITIONING
2 AMERICAN APPROACHES TO CONTIGUITY CONDITIONING: WATSON AND GUTHRIE
3 LEARNING THROUGH REINFORCEMENT: THORNDIKE AND HULL
4 SKINNER: REINFORCEMENT OR OPERANT CONDITIONING
5 COGNITIVE ALTERNATIVES
6 THE PAYOFF: APPLICATIONS OF SELECTED LEARNING THEORIES
7 MULTIFACTOR AND ECLECTIC APPROACHES

PART TWO: MODERN CONTENDERS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STATE OF THE ART

8 ADVANCES IN CLASSICAL CONDITIONING: SOVIET AND AMERICAN
9 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE STUDY OF REINFORCEMENT-RELATED LEARNING
10 APPLICATIONS OF OPERANT LEARNING PRINCIPLES TO THE REAL WORLD
11 MODERN THEORIES WITH A COGNITIVE EMPHASIS
12 THE BIOLOGICAL BOUNDARIES OF LEARNING

GLOSSARY
REFERENCES
INDEX