As historically emphasized areas of psychology, learning and behavior are part of the foundation for students in the field. Domjan's (psychology, U. of Texas) text serves as an introduction to students on what learning and behavior encompass and how to study it. He describes different categories of behavior and research on that behavior, with an emphasis on types of conditioning and controlling behavior. The fifth edition incorporates new research and summaries of research on animal cognition in memory and learning. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR More Reviews and Recommendations

Michael Domjan is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. Domjan specializes in various areas of learning including animal learning, biological constraints on learning, learning mechanisms in reproductive behavior, and comparative psychology. He has been recognized with the MERIT Award from the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) (1993), the G. Stanley Hall Award from the American Psychological Association (APA) (1995), and election as President of the Division of Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology of the APA (1999-2000). He is the recipients of 16 grants for research from the National Science Foundation, NIMH, and other agencies and has published more than 100 papers and presented in his area of specialization at more than 115 conventions.

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