Learning and Memory
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The first text to integrate behavioral and cognitive approaches to learning and memory, this engaging textbook emphasizes human research, reflecting the field's evolution. Learning and Memory also recognizes the vital contribution of animal research, covering all historically important studies. Written in a lively and conversational style, this second edition encourages students to think critically. One example is its exploration of the Rescorla-Wagner model, the most important theory of conditioning, now further streamlined to improve student comprehension. Another is the addition…
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Key features
- New critical thinking questions interwoven throughout the text, encouraging students to evaluate their reactions to the material they've read and to relate the findings to their own lives
- Streamlined presentation of the Rescorla-Wagner model to improve student comprehension of this classic theory
- Includes the latest research on cutting-edge topics such as neural networks and deep learning, explaining how extraordinarily simple processes can give rise to extraordinarily sophisticated behaviors
- Lively and engaging writing style to stimulate and engage students
- Promotes critical thinking in students with in-depth discussions of the methodology of selected experiments, emphasising depth rather than breath
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About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108553179
- Subjects Developmental Psychology,Psychology,Social Psychology
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 17 December 2020
- ISBN: 9781108428613
- Dimensions (mm): 246 x 189 mm
- Weight: 1.31kg
- Page extent: 534 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 17 December 2020
- ISBN: 9781108450737
- Dimensions (mm): 246 x 189 mm
- Weight: 1.16kg
- Page extent: 534 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 15 October 2020
- ISBN: 9781108553179
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