Theories of Human Learning
Mrs Gribbin's Cat

Mrs Gribbin invites you to join her as she explores the changing landscape of learning theories and their implications.

Guy R. Lefrançois (Author)

9781108484633, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 24 October 2019

566 pages, 122 b/w illus.
25.3 x 19.3 x 3 cm, 1.35 kg

'This well-organized textbook helps readers find the information they need. Each chapter begins with a detailed outline, followed by a Mrs. Gribbin story and chapter objectives narrated by her. The book then delves into the subject matter and includes each major theorist's biography. Theories of Human Learning also features several thoughtful graphics that illustrate key concepts.' Jamye Sagan

Both a serious academic text and an intriguing story, this seventh edition reflects a significant update in research, theory, and applications in all areas. It presents a comprehensive view of the historical development of learning theories from behaviorist through to cognitive models. The chapters also cover memory, motivation, social learning, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. The author's highly entertaining style clarifies concepts, emphasizes practical applications, and presents a thought-provoking, narrator-based commentary. The stage is given to Mrs Gribbin and her swashbuckling cat, who both lighten things up and supply much-needed detail. These two help to explore the importance of technology for simulating human cognitive processes and engage with current models of memory. They investigate developments in, and applications of, brain-based research and plunge into models in motivation theory, to name but a few of the adventures they embark upon in this textbook.

List of Illustrations
Preface
Part I. Science and Theory: 1. Human learning
Part II. Mostly Behavioristic Theories: 2. Early behaviorism: Pavlov, Watson, and Guthrie
3. The effects of behavior: Thorndike and Hull
4. Operant conditioning: Skinner's radical behaviorism
5. Evolutionary psychology: learning, biology, and the brain
Part III. The Beginnings of Modern Cognitivism: 6. Transition to modern cognitivism: Hebb, Tolman, and the Gestaltists
Part IV. Mostly Cognitive Theories: 7. Three cognitive theories: Bruner, Piaget, and Vygotsky
8. Learning and memory
9. Motivation and emotions
10. Social learning: Bandura's social cognitive theory
11. Machine learning and artificial intelligence: the future?
Part V. Summary: 12. Summary, synthesis, and integration
Epilogue
Glossary
References
Name index
Subject index.

Subject Areas: Educational psychology [JNC], Cognition & cognitive psychology [JMR]