"Human Learning and Memory" by David A. Lieberman

This book integrates learning and memory, behaviour, and cognition. The book focuses on fascinating human research in both memory and learning (while also bringing in important animal studies) and brings the reader up to date with the latest developments in the subject.

Students are encouraged to think critically: key theories and issues are looked at in detail; descriptions of experiments include why they were done and how examining the method can help evaluate competing viewpoints.

By looking at underlying cognitive processes, students come away with a sense of learning and memory being interrelated actions taken by the same human being, rather than two separate activities.
Lively and engaging writing is supported by lots of examples of practical applications that show the relevance of lab-based research to everyday life.
Examples include treatments for phobias and autism, ways to improve eyewitness testimony, and methods of enhancing study techniques.

Contents
Figures
Acknowledg ments
Introduction
Part I Learning
1 Some basic assumptions
2 Classical conditioning
3 Conditioning principles and theories
4 Reinforcement
5 Reinforcement applications
6 Punishment
7 Theories of reinforcement
Part II Memory
8 Memory: an introduction
9 Sensory and working memory
10 Long-term memory
11 Retrieval
12 Practical applications
Part III Learning and memory
13 Neural networks
Glossary
References
Index