Learning Nineteen Scenarios from Everyday Life [Paperback]

This volume deals with learning, how it occurs and under which circumstances.Who ever deals with learning but also with teaching, instructing and educating, may acquire from this book how learning in everyday situations occurs and under what conditions behavioral changes are actually learned or knowledge structures are acquired. The book is well suitable as a text for psychology classes, for learning classes at teachers' colleges or social schools. Several didactical learning aids are built into the text , such as the sets of important concepts at the beginning or the memo section at the end of each chapter.Who ever deals with learning but also with teaching, instructing and educating, may acquire from this book how learning in everyday situations occurs and under what conditions behavioral changes are actually learned or knowledge structures are acquired. The book is well suitable as a text for psychology classes, for learning classes at teachers' colleges or social schools. Several didactical learning aids are built into the text , such as the sets of important concepts at the beginning or the memo section at the end of each chapter.This book is a systematic introduction to learning psychology. It describes, analyzes and explains learning by means of nineteen scenarios from everyday situations. The reader may therefore connect theoretical considerations with experiences he or she can easily follow. Several scenarios stem from family situations, others from school and business, and still others refer to very individual learning processes. Having worked through the nineteen scenarios the reader will be acquainted with the important learning theories: behavioristic, cognitive, social-cognitive as well as the Gestaltists'.1. Fear of white aprons - classical conditioning; 2. A learned heart attack? The problem of extinction; 3. The World Fair's 'magic nails' - trial and error learning?; 4. An untidy child becomes tidy - signals for new habits; 5. Michael remainslÓD