Domjan, Michael 1947- creator author Grau, James W. text mx 2016 Séptima edición monographic spa

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xvi, 433 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. This active learning edition includes a new, built-in workbook that provides examples and exercises to help students practice and remember what they read in the book addition, users read graphs and make their own interpretations of what the information yields about behavior. Each exercise begins with a short lesson, and then has short assignments that range from 1 minute to 30 minutes worth of work?some are short answer, some are projects, and some are more involved. The workbook also incorporates users exercises for SNIFFY THE VIRTUAL RAT, VERSION 2.0. Known for its currency and clear writing style, PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING AND BEHAVIOR provides a comprehensive and systematic introduction to elementary forms of learning that have been the focus of research for much of the twentieth century. The book covers habituation, classical conditioning, instrumental conditioning, stimulus control, aversive control, and their applications to the study of cognition and to the alleviation of behavior problems. Biological constraints on learning are integrated throughout the book, as are applications boxes that relate animal research to human learning and behavior. The book closely reflects the field of research it represents in terms of topics covered, theories discussed, and experimental paradigms described. 1. Introduction -- 2. Elicited Behavior, Habituation, and Sensitization -- 3. Classical Conditioning: Foundations -- 4. Classical Conditioning: Mechanisms -- 5. Instrumental Conditioning: Foundations -- 6. Schedules of Reinforcement and Choice Behavior -- 7. Instrumental Conditioning: Motivational Mechanisms -- 8. Stimulus Control of Behavior -- 9. Extinction of Conditioned Behavior -- 10. Averse Control: Avoidance and Punishment -- 11. Comparative Cognition I: Memory Mechanisms -- 12. Comparative Cognition II: Special Topics -- References. Michael Domjan, con aportes sobre neurociencias de James W. Grau ; traducción : José Antonio Fernández. Translation of: The principles of learning and behavior. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Translation of : The principles of learning and behavior. Conditioned response Learning, Psychology of Behaviorism (Psychology) BF319 .D6518 2016 Translation of : 9786075224411 PUCPR 181126 20190711100107.0