Stevens' Handbook of Experimental Psychology, Learning, Motivation, and Emotion

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Randy Gallistel
John Wiley & Sons, Jan 16, 2004 - Psychology - 912 pages
Now available in paperback. This revised and updated edition of the definitive resource for experimental psychology offers comprehensive coverage of the latest findings in the field, as well as the most recent contributions in methodology and the explosion of research in neuroscience. Volume Three: Learning, Motivation, and Emotion, focuses on the role of learning in the operation of motivational systems in human cognitive development.

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Contents

Learning Motivation and Emotion 1 ASSOCIATIVE STRUCTURES IN PAVLOVIAN AND INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING
1
Learning Motivation and Emotion 2 LEARNING LAWS AND MODELS OF BASIC CONDITIONING
47
Learning Motivation and Emotion 3 REINFORCEMENT LEARNING
103
Learning Motivation and Emotion 4 NEURAL ANALYSIS OF LEARNING IN SIMPLE SYSTEMS
131
Learning Motivation and Emotion 5 LEARNING MUTANTS
201
Learning Motivation and Emotion 6 LEARNING INSTINCTS
239
Learning Motivation and Emotion 7 PERCEPTUAL LEARNING
259
Learning Motivation and Emotion 8 SPATIAL LEARNING
301
Learning Motivation and Emotion 12 THE ROLE OF LEARNING IN THE OPERATION OF MOTIVATIONAL SYSTEMS
497
Learning Motivation and Emotion 13 EMOTIONAL PLASTICITY
535
Learning Motivation and Emotion 14 ANATOMY OF MOTIVATION
563
Learning Motivation and Emotion 15 HUNGER AND ENERGY HOMEOSTASIS
633
Learning Motivation and Emotion 16 THIRST AND WATERSALT APPETITE
669
Learning Motivation and Emotion 17 REPRODUCTIVE MOTIVATION
709
Learning Motivation and Emotion 18 SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
737
Learning Motivation and Emotion 19 ADDICTION
801

Learning Motivation and Emotion 9 TEMPORAL LEARNING
365
Learning Motivation and Emotion 10 ROLE OF LEARNING IN COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
395
Learning Motivation and Emotion 11 LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
445

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Editor-in-Chief: Hal Pashler, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, Department of Psychology, La Jolla, CA.

Volume Editor: Randy Gallistel, Ph.D., Rutgers University, Psychology Building, Piscataway, NJ.

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