Learning and Behavior

PSY 350

Learning and Memory

Modified: 2024-11-19 8:43 PM CST

Text: Gluck, M. A., Mercado, E, & Myers, C. E. (2020). Learning and memory: From brain to behavior. New York: Worth Publishers.

This is the wepage for the Learning and Memory course at TAMUT. It will unfold chapter by chapter over the course of the Fall 2024 semester. We will have a quiz on each chapter. I will drop your lowest quiz score to determine your final grade. You will read your text and read this webpage. Quizzes will be open book and open notes. Quizzes will include T-F and Multiple Choice items and Short Essays.You may use any means at your disposal to find and read additional material including AI Large Language Models such as ChatGPT or related apps.

• Chapter 1 Fundamental Themes in the Psychology of Learning
  • Outline
    • Linking Ideas in the Mind
      
      • William James
      • Ivan Pavlov
      • Edward Thorndike
    • Nature vs Nurture
      
      • Descartes and Dualism
      • John Locke and the Blank Slate
      • John Watson's Behaviorism
      • B. F. Skinner's Radical Behaviorism
    • Comparing Humans to Other Animals
      • Charles Darwin and the Theory of Natural Selection
      • The Neo-Behaviorism of Edward Tolman
    • Formal Models and Laws
      
      • Hermann Ebbinghaus and Human Memory Experiments
      • Clark Hull and Mathematical Models of Learning
      • W. K. Estes and Mathematical Psychology
      • George Miller and Information Theory
      • The Connectionist Models of David Rumelhart
    • Chapter 1 Summary
  • Chapter 1 Quiz will open on Tuesday, September 3, at 9 am on Canvas

The chapters below will activate one-by-one on a weekly basis. Watch this page.

• Chapter 2 The Neuroscience of Learning and Memory
• Chapter 3 Habituation, Sensitization, and Familiarization: Learning About Repeated Events
• Chapter 4 Classical Conditioning: Learning to Predict Significant Events
• Chapter 5 Operant Conditioning: Learning the Outcome of Behaviors
• Chapter 6 Generalization, Discrimination Learning, and Concept Formation
• Chapter 7 Episodic Memory and Semantic Memory: Memory for Events and Facts
  • Preview: Capital of Burkina Faso?
• Chapter 8 Skill Memory: Learning by Doing
  • Preview: Can you still ride your bike?
• Chapter 9 Working Memory and Cognitive Control
• Chapter 10 Emotional Influences on Learning and Memory
• Chapter 11 Social Learning and Memory: Observing, Interacting, and Reenacting
• Chapter 12 Development and Aging: Learning and Memory Across the Lifespan

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