The Science of Learning and Behavior,

Edition 1 Selected by Experience

Editors: By Brady J. Phelps and Shawn R. Charlton

Publication Date: 03 May 2027

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The Science of Learning and Behavior: Shaped by Experience is a basis for substantive learning in the science of behavior change, and the principles of learning and behavior applied to both animal and human behavior. It is often considered an error to generalize characteristics from people to animals, or vice versa, but one must grasp that the principles of learning are demonstrated to generalize from simpler organisms to the complexity of humans. The principles of learning and behavior can and have been applied to substance abuse, adult anxiety and depression, and anti-social behavior, amongst other problems of living. This is reflected in the chapters here, beginning by laying the foundation from a philosophical and scientific perspective and transitioning into the components of the 4-part contingency, with emphasis on the scientific foundation and conceptualized as the basic building blocks of behavior. The richness to expression of behavior through empirical research on processes such as partial reinforcement, simultaneously available contingencies, and complex stimulus control are discussed, before concluding with chapters that synthesize the principles to explain concepts typically encountered by undergraduate psychology or special education students (language, social behavior, cognition, and mental health).

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‘In Action’ case studies illustrate common behavior change scenarios and reinforce chapter concepts
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Written by leading authors in the field of Learning and Behavior

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By Brady J. Phelps, South Dakota State University, USA and Shawn R. Charlton, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, USA

Part I: Foundational Principles
1. An Introduction to the Study of Learning and Behavior
2. Understanding Behavioral Research

Part II: Breaking it Down. The Building Blocks of Behavior
3. Phylogenetic Behavior & Stimulus-Response Learning
4. Operant Learning 1: Reinforcement
5. Schedules of Reinforcement
6. Operant Learning 2: Adversives
7. Selecting when, where, and with whom: Stimulus Control
8. Wanting What We Want When We Want It

Part III: Building Behavior Through Combining and Expanding on the Building Blocks
9. Conditioned Reinforcement
10. Choice
11. Expansion.
12. Generalization and Novem Behavior

Part VI: Building Complex Human Behavior
13. Social Behavior
14. Language and Communication
15. Cognition. Thinking, Remembering & Problem-Solving
16. Mental and Physical Health

The Science of Learning and Behavior,

Editors: By Brady J. Phelps and Shawn R. Charlton

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