Learning /
Mednick, Sarnoff A.
Learning / Sarnoff A. Mednick - Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey : Prentice-Hall, c1964 - x, 118 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Some examples of research on learning -- 2. The Language and methods of learning -- 3. Simple learning: classical and operant conditioning -- 4. Complex habits -- 5. Motivation and learning -- 6. Transfer of training -- 7. Remembering and forgetting.
The first chapter of this book describes training a primitive flat worm to respond to a light with body contraction. To, me teaching this little beast to twitch on signal is still a bit of miracle. It is however, only a hint of the potential power given by the knowledge of the basic principles of learning.
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
LB 1060 .M488 1964
Learning / Sarnoff A. Mednick - Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey : Prentice-Hall, c1964 - x, 118 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Some examples of research on learning -- 2. The Language and methods of learning -- 3. Simple learning: classical and operant conditioning -- 4. Complex habits -- 5. Motivation and learning -- 6. Transfer of training -- 7. Remembering and forgetting.
The first chapter of this book describes training a primitive flat worm to respond to a light with body contraction. To, me teaching this little beast to twitch on signal is still a bit of miracle. It is however, only a hint of the potential power given by the knowledge of the basic principles of learning.
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
LB 1060 .M488 1964