This text introduces basic principles of Pavlovian conditioning, operant conditioning, and comparative cognition. This fifth edition features a new emphasis on comparative cognition, with new chapters on behavior and conceptualization, memory and cognition, and human learning and cognition. It includes enhanced material on neuroscience and the neural basis of learning, and adds new application boxes. Schwartz teaches social theory and social action in the psychology department at Swarthmore College. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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