1st Edition
A Cognitive Theory of Learning Research on Hypothesis Testing
By Marvin Levine
Copyright 1975
328 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1975, A Cognitive Theory of Learning provides a history of hypothesis theory ( H theory), along with the author’s research from the previous decade. The first part introduces the reader to contributions of some major learning theorists. It traces the history of H theory, reviewing the confrontation with conditioning theory, with the stress on the emergence of H theory... Read more
Preface. Part I: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Hypothesis Theory 1. The Beginning 2. The Reaction 3. The Transition: Conditioning Theory in the Fifties 4. The Transition: Foreshadowings in the Fifties 5. The Renaissance: Mathematical Learning Theories in the Early Sixties Part II: Visit to a Small Laboratory 6. The Analysis of Response Patterns by Human Adults 7. Probing for Hypotheses 8. Further Applications of Blank Trials 9. The Start of the Child Program 10. When S Fails to Learn 11. The Transfer Hypothesis 12. Summing Up. Epilogue. Appendix. References. Subject Index.
Biography
Marvin Levine
