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The Essentials of Learning and Conditioning Paperback – 10 June 2004

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Want an accurate account of learning and conditioning--the "essentials"--without excessive detail? Michael Domjan's THE ESSENTIALS OF LEARNING AND CONDITIONING is a concise textbook that quickly guides you through key topics, summarizing contemporary perspectives and making research results understandable.
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    0534574343
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0534574345
  3. Edition
    3rd
  4. Publisher
    Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
  5. Publication date
    10 June 2004
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    18.42 x 0.64 x 22.86 cm
  8. Print length
    288 pages
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1. Basic Concepts and Definitions. 2. The Structure of Unconditioned Behavior. 3. Habituation and Sensitization. 4. Pavlovian Conditioning: Basic Concepts. 5. Stimulus Relations in Pavlovian Conditioning. 6. Theories of Associative Learning. 7. Instrumental or Operant Conditioning. 8. Schedules of Reinforcement. 9. Theories of Reinforcement. 10. Extinction of Conditioned Behavior. 11. Punishment. 12. Avoidance Learning. 13. Stimulus Control of Behavior. 14. Memory Mechanisms. Glossary.

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Michael Domjan is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. Domjan specializes in various areas of learning including animal learning, biological constraints on learning, learning mechanisms in reproductive behavior, and comparative psychology. He has been recognized with the MERIT Award from the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) in 1993, the G. Stanley Hall Award from the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1995, and election as President of the Division of Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology of the APA (1999-2000). He is the recipient of numerous grants for research from the National Science Foundation, NIMH, and other agencies and has published more than 100 papers and presented in his area of specialization at more than 115 conventions. He served as editor of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes for six years and continues to serve on editorial boards of various journals in the United States and other countries. He is a past president of the Pavlovian Society and also served as president of the Division of Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology of the American Psychological Association.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc; 3rd edition (10 June 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0534574343
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0534574345
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 18.42 x 0.64 x 22.86 cm
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5.0 out of 5 stars Concise and informative
Reviewed in the United States on 24 January 2014
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I could easily imagine a large, 400 page, $250 textbook cover only the information in this book, with a nauseating amount of examples, pretty coloured pictures, and useless script that explains nothing new.
But I don't ever have to read, let alone buy such a thing, because I have this book.

274 pages, including a beginning and end of chapter summary, key questions, an index, and choice diagrams. The book is incredibly small, but the small size does not imply a lack of information.
Domjan writes concisely, which is something I see very rarely in psychology texts, and clearly. He gives excellent examples to elaborate on principles as well as graphs and tables where they are due.

This book is easy to follow, informative, quick, and interesting. Everything I like in a textbook.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Arrived within a couple of days. Item is what ...
Reviewed in Canada on 27 September 2015
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Arrived within a couple of days. Item is what expected, however did have a few worm marks on the outside binding.
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Stephanie Baima
5.0 out of 5 stars Psychology Textbook
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This book was perfect for my class because a student had my teacher before and highlighted our main topics and had helpful comments in the margins. Even though, it was used, it was useful!
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Paul S.
4.0 out of 5 stars A good foundation for the study of conditioning and learning
Reviewed in the United States on 17 June 2011
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This conditioning and learning text is easy to follow. The chapters are concise at approximately 10-15 pages each, and cover the information well. I do not feel that the text is "too technical and wordy," as has been suggested. If you have taken an introductory psychology course (and also, probably, if you haven't), you should have no trouble following the author's course of discussion. As a student, I can say that this text served as a good foundation of conditioning and learning principles that the instructor was able to build upon with journal articles and lab work.
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Reviewed in Canada on 2 May 2011
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As a text book, it is very interesting and informative.
As an average read, it's complex and may cause a struggle... I often stare at it and wish it were English ;-)
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