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Learning: A Behavioral, Cognitive, and Evolutionary Synthesis provides an integrated account of the psychological processes involved in learning and conditioning and their influence on human behavior. With a skillful blend of behavioral, cognitive, and evolutionary themes, the text explores various types of learning as adaptive specialization that evolved through natural selection. Robust pedagogy and relevant examples bring concepts to life in this unique and accessible approach to the field.
Pavlovian Conditioning Is an Inference Task
Pavlovian Conditioning Is an Inference Task
In our everyday lives, there is a temporal order to the flow of events in which causes precede effects (not the other way around). Usually causes and effects occur close together in time, but sometimes, as in the case of becoming ill after eating tainted food, the effect may occur hours later. Some events occur in cycles, and the time between these events is an important predictor of the next occurrence. When there is a causal connection between events, they tend to occur together rather than individually; that is, when the cause is present, usually the effect is present (and vice versa). Specifically, food is more likely to be available at certain times ...
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