First published in 1975, A Cognitive Theory of Learning provides a history of hypothesis theory (H theory), along with the author’s research from the previous decade. The first part introduces the reader to contributions of some major learning theorists. It traces the history of H theory, reviewing the confrontation with conditioning theory, with the stress on the emergence of H theory which came to predominate. The second part describes the author’s work, presented as it emerged over time. It shows how the outcome of one experiment typically led to the next theoretical development or experiment. Originally part of The Experimental Psychology Series this reissue can now be read and enjoyed again in its historical context.
Author(s): Marvin Levine
Series: Psychology Revivals
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 327
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Original Title Page
Original Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
Part I: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Hypothesis Theory
Chapter 1. The Beginning
Reading No. 1: "Hypothesis versus Chance" in the Pre-Solution Period in Sensory Discrimination Learning
Chapter 2. The Reaction
Reading No. 2: An Experimental Test of the Continuity and Non-Continuity Theories of Discrimination Learning
Chapter 3. The Transition: Conditioning Theory in the Fifties
Reading No. 3: Application of a Statistical Model to Simple Discrimination Learning in Human Subjects
Reading No. 4: A Theory of Discrimination Learning
Chapter 4. The Transition: Foreshadowings in the Fifties
Reading No. 5: Reception Strategies in Concept Attainment
Reading No. 6: Learning, Development, and Thinking
Reading No. 7: Analysis of Discrimination Learning by Monkeys
Reading No. 8: A Model of Hypothesis Behavior in Discrimination Learning Set
Chapter 5. The Renaissance: Mathematical Learning Theories in the Early Sixties
Reading No. 9: Learning Theory and the New "Mental Chemistry
Reading No. 10: The Selection of Strategies in Cue Learning
Reading No. 11: Reversals prior to Solution in Concept Identification
Part II: Visit to A Small Laboratory
Chapter 6. The Analysis of Response Patterns by Human Adults
Reading No. 12: Mediating Processes in Humans at the Outset of Discrimination Learning
Reading No. 13: The Blank Trials Law: The Equivalence of Positive Reinforcement and Nonreinforcement
Chapter 7. Probing for Hypotheses
Reading No. 14: Hypothesis Behavior by Humans during Discrimination Learning
Reading No. 15: The None-To-All Theorem of Human Discrimination Learning
Chapter 8. Further Applications of Blank Trials
Reading No. 16: Human Discrimination Learning: A Test of the Blank-Trials Assumption
Reading No. 17: Human Discrimination Learning: The Subset Sampling Assumption
Chapter 9. The Start of the Child Program
Reading No. 18: Hypotheses, Strategies, and Stereotypes in Discrimination Learning
Addendum to Chapter 9
Chapter 10. When S Fails to Learn
Reading No. 19: The Presolution Paradox in Discrimination Learning
Reading No. 20: Hypothesis Theory and Nonlearning Despite Ideal S-R-Reinforcement Contingencies
Addendum to Chapter 10
Chapter 11. The Transfer Hypothesis
Chapter 12. The Summing Up
Epilogue
Appendix
References
Subject Index
