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Completely up-to-date and written in a direct, easy-to-read style that is suitable for undergraduates, The Science of Learning provides a comprehensive and systematic introduction to the field. Although aimed at the undergraduate level, its comprehensive coverage makes it an ideal reference for more advanced scholars and specialists in learning related fields. Major topics covered include the evolution of learning, sensitization, habituation, operant and classical conditioning, imitation, stimulus and response generalization and discrimination, conditional discrimination, memory, motivation, adjunctive behavior, and aversive control. Numerous examples, applications, and illustrations are provided. Adding to its value as a reference as well as a text are appendices highlighting important mathematical developments and their derivations. Readers of the text will be exceptionally well positioned to follow the literature and comprehend the most recent developments in the field.Pear, Joseph is the author of 'Science of Learning' with ISBN 9781841690360 and ISBN 1841690368.
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