1. Introduction
Learning and Cognition as Adaptation / Learning and Cognition Defined / Learning and Cognition as Scientific Subjects / Historical Influences on the Psychology of Learning and Cognition
2. Pavolvian Learning: Basic Principles
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov: The Man and His Science / Extinction and Inhibitory Conditioning / Generalization, Discrimination, and Higher-Order Conditioning / Explanations of Pavlovian Conditioning / The Adaptiveness of Pavlovian Conditioning
3. Pavlovian Learning: Applications
Conditioned Taste Aversion / Conditioning and Physiology / Clinical Implications
4. Operant Learning and Reinforcement
The Discovery of Operant Conditioning / The Three-Term Contingency / Basic Principles of Operant Behavior / Schedules of Reinforcement / The Adaptiveness of Operant Learning
5. Operant Learning: Applications
Applied Behavior Analysis: A Brief History / Contemporary Trends in Applied Behavior Analysis / Operant Principles in Education
6. Social Learning
Imitation: The Roots of Sociality / Social Learning: The Cognitive Perspective / Social Learning: The Behavioral Perspective / The Adaptive Nature of Social Learning
7. Remembering and Forgetting
Historical Approaches and Theories of Memory / Forgetting: Causes and Corrections / Implicit Memory / Memory in Nonhumans / The Adaptive Nature of Memory
8. Conceptual Behavior
Concepts as Abstractions / Human Conceptual Behavior / Conceptual Behavior in Nonhuman Animals / The Adaptive Nature of Conceptual Behavior
9. Acquiring and Using Language
Language Fundamentals / The Psycholinguistic Approach to Language / The Behavioral Approach to Language / Language in Nonhumans / The Adaptive Nature of Language
Glossary of Key Terms
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