Introduction to Learning and Behavior Instructor's Third Edition

From the Preface of this 549 page third edition Instructor's Edition: "One goal of this text is to help convince students that conditioning is not some dangerous form of manipulation, but rather a natural process that we do far better to understand and apply wisely than to ignore and apply carelessly. A second goal of this text is to help convince students that the principles derived from behavioral research are far from irrelevant, and they often have useful and provocative things to say about human behavior. An even more basic goal is to provide students with a clear introduction to the basic principles of learning and behavior that would be both accessible and engaging, especially for those who may have had only limited prior exposure to these principles (such as an introductory psychology course). Those who later proceed to a higher-level course in the subject matter will then have a solid foundation on which to build. Students who do not progress to a higher level course will nevertheless have gained an appreciation for the behavioral perspective and learned much that may be of relevance to their everyday lives and future careers." Chapters include: Research Methods; Elicited Behaviors and Classical Conditioning; Classical Conditioning; Basic Phenomena and Various Complexities; Classical Conditioning: Underlying Processes and Practical Applications; Operant Conditioning; Schedules and Theories of Reinforcement; Extinction and Stimulus Control; Escape, Avoidance, and Punishment; Choice, Matching, and Self-Control; Biological Dispositions in Learning; and Observational Learning, Language, and Rule-Governed Behavior.