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Learning: Principles and Applications, 4/e
Stephen B Klein, Mississippi State University

Traditional Learning Theories

Internet Exercises

  1. Who were some of the psychologists mentioned in this chapter? Get to know a little bit more about some of them.

    THE BIOGRAPHY LINK
    http://muskingum.edu/~psychology/psycweb/history.htm

    This site gives biographies of many psychologists as well as providing links to other history-related sites. Read the biographies of Hull, Tolman and Guthrie.

  2. What were some of the issues and ideas in learning during Guthrie's era?

    PRESIDENTIALLY SPEAKING
    http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Guthrie/

    Read Guthrie's 1946 presidential address to the American Psychological Association.

  3. Do we really need to develop theories of learning? Read this classic paper by Skinner, then, using what you have learned about theories to date, answer the question.

    WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING THEORIES!
    http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Skinner/Theories/

    Link to a classic paper by Skinner, in which he argues that scientific progress may be made by not developing and testing theories.