Lectures on Theories of Learning by Dennis Ford

Lectures on Theories of Learning by Dennis Ford

Lectures on Theories of Learning explores the maze of conditioning principles and concepts that guided research in American experimental psychology in the twentieth century. The main trails on our journey are the historical theories of learning: -Edward Thorndike and the laws of learning -Ivan Pavlov and classical conditioning -John Watson and the first behaviorism -Edwin Guthrie and one-trial learning -Edward Tolman and the cognitive map -Clark Hull and drive reduction -Donald Hebb and physiological psychology -B. F. Skinner and radical behaviorism Each trail leads to further intellectual excursions: -orientations in the study of learning -operationism and fallibilism -habituation and sensitization -a primer on operant conditioning -schedules of reinforcement -the uses and abuses of punishment -escape and avoidance learning There are no blind alleys in Lectures on Theories of Learning as it sagely winds its way through the history of American psychology. From the commencement in lecture 1 to the conclusions in lecture 15, students will experience an informed and informal journey of psychological discoveries and intellectual enrichment.

Dennis Ford is the Founder and President of Quantum Leap Productions, an innovative and wildly creative corporate messaging company. With over 25 years' experience crafting unique corporate messages for live meetings, compelling training in sales and management, creating entertaining and wildly effective videos, and producing myriad original Team Building experiences for over 500,000 corporate employees and Senior Management, he realized there was a common denominator that every leader in every company talked about but, literally, not one addressed effectively. So, after digging into the guts of many Fortune 100 and 500 companies, it became his quest to actually solve a problem that every company faces...how to conceive, create, implement, and nurture a truly positive, effective, and joyful corporate culture. And even more, how to create a truly profitable culture, one that contributes greatly to both productivity and bottom line revenues...at no cost to the company. In his first career, Dennis spent nearly 14 years with CB Commercial (now CB Richard Ellis), the largest commercial real estate brokerage in the world. After seven years in sales, he became manager of the Phoenix, AZ office, leading it to #1 status among all CB Commercial offices nationwide five out of seven years. He was named Senior Vice President and was the #1 rated sales and negotiating trainer, company wide. Dennis is also accomplished at flying trapeze and trains with a professional team, Ifly Trapeze, based in Long Island, as both catcher and flier.

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ISBN 13	9781532077081
ISBN 10	1532077084
Title	Lectures on Theories of Learning
Author	Dennis Ford
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	iUniverse
Year published	2019-06-18
Number of pages	226
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