Learning Theory for Comparative Psychologists

Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.3819/ccbr.2021.160001
Geoffrey Hall
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This article offers a brief and simplified guide to the basics of learning theory. Certain central topics are described: classical conditioning, instrumental (operant) conditioning, extinction and inhibition, discrimination, and biological constraints on learning. A proper how-to guide would spell out how the findings and theories described under these headings can be applied to the explanation of phenomena in animal cognition, but that is an ambition rather than an achievement to be described (and the work is perhaps best left to others engaged directly in the study of animal cognition). Nonetheless, this article expresses the hope that learning theory will not be seen as an alternative to cognitive processing but rather will form part of a full account of the mechanisms involved in such processing. DOI:10.3819/CCBR.2021.160001 Volume 16, 2021
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比较心理学家学习理论
这篇文章提供了一个简单的学习理论基础指南。本书描述了一些核心主题:经典条件反射、工具性条件反射、消退和抑制、歧视以及学习的生物限制。一份适当的指南会详细说明这些标题下的发现和理论如何应用于动物认知现象的解释,但这是一项雄心壮志,而不是一项值得描述的成就(这项工作最好留给直接从事动物认知研究的其他人)。尽管如此,这篇文章表达了这样的希望:学习理论不会被视为认知加工的一种替代,而是将成为这种加工所涉及的机制的完整描述的一部分。DOI:10.3819/CCBR.2021.160001 vol .16, 2021
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