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Theories of learning.

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Learning is a central topic within American psychology, and its problems have provided the occasion for hundreds of experimental studies. The science of learning remains in a state of flux, in part because we have not yet reached agreement upon the most appropriate concepts to use in stating our pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hilgard, Ernest R. (Ernest Ropiequet), 1904-2001
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Appleton-Century-Crofts, [1948]
Series:The Century psychology series
Subjects:
Learning, Psychology of.
Learning.
Apprentissage, Psychologie de l'
Psychologie de l'éducation.
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Table of Contents:
  • The nature of learning theories
  • Thorndike's connectionism
  • Guthrie's contiguous conditioning
  • Hull's systematic behavior theory
  • Skinner's descriptive behaviorism
  • Current functionalism
  • Gestalt theory
  • Lewin's topological and vector psychology
  • Wheeler's organismic psychology
  • Tolman's sign-gestalt theory
  • Theories influenced by field conceptions
  • A point of view.