Learning: A Very Short Introduction Haselgrove Mark Associate Professor The University of Nottingham
Learning: A Very Short Introduction Haselgrove Mark Associate Professor The University of Nottingham What is learning? What happens when it goes wrong?The topic of learning has been central to the…
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Learning: A Very Short Introduction Haselgrove Mark Associate Professor The University of Nottingham
What is learning? What happens when it goes wrong?The topic of learning has been central to the development of the science of psychology since its inception. How does it take place?
Indeed it is rather difficult to imagine a part of psychology, or neuroscience, that learning does not touch upon. Without learning there can be no memory, no language and no intelligence. In this Very Short Introduction, Mark Haselgrove describes learning from the perspective of associative theories of classical and instrumental conditioning, and considers why these are the dominant, and best described analyses of learning in contemporary psychology.
Tracing the origins of these theories, he discusses the techniques used to study learning in both animals and humans, and considers the importance of learning for animal behavior and survival.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very