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

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  1. What do we know about drug tolerance? How are tolerances developed? How are they measured?

    TOLERANCE IS LEARNED
    http://www.nida.nih.gov/pdf/monographs/18.pdf
    This is a government monograph in which investigations of drug tolerance to morphine using many behavioral (operant techniques) to assess tolerance are reported. Siegel's conditioning explanation is presented as one possibility.

    DRUGS CHANGE BEHAVIOR
    http://www.nida.nih.gov/pdf/monographs/37.pdf
    In this government monograph, many different aspects of drug dependence are described, including behavioral, personality and other effects.

  2. How does the Rescorla-Wagner theory work?

    ΔV = Δ
    http://www2.psy.uq.edu.au/~landcp/PY269/r-wmodel/r-wmodel.html
    This link is to a description of the Rescorla-Wagner model of conditioning, which supplements the information in the text.

    MORE ΔV
    http://www.personal.kent.edu/~dwallac1/learning/CCTheory/ppframe.htm
    This link is to a tutorial on classical conditioning and the Rescorla-Wagner model. In sequence it shows a series of simple worked-out equations.

    CAN YOU DO BLOCKING?
    http://www.uwp.edu/academic/psychology/demos/ClassOp/ClassOp.html
    This applet provides a visual demonstration of the Rescorla-Wagner model. You will need to set the various parameters and then administer the tone/light/shock combinations in various formats. The results will show the level of conditioning. You can simulate overshadowing, blocking and other phenomena.

  3. Theories are great, but can these theories be of use in the "real world"?

    GREAT BALLS OF FIRE
    http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~drowe/research/empirical/honours.html
    This site provides a unique application for the Rescorla-Wagner theory. The model is used to help explain why expert bush fire controllers make a particular systematic error.









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