| Description |
1 online resource (241 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Clinical Applications of Learning Theory; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; List of Figures; Contributors; Introduction; 1. Integrative Theories of Schizophrenia and Learning: a Historical Perspective; 2. Avoidance, Anxiety, and Aversion in the Clinical Setting: The Role of Classical Conditioning; 3. Associative Learning and Phobias; 4. Vulnerabilities Underlying Human Drug Dependence: Goal Valuation Versus Habit Learning; 5. Context and Extinction: Mechanisms of Relapse in Drug Self-administration; 6. Placebo and Nocebo Responses; 7. Depressive realism?: Sadly not wiser |
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8. An Associative Analysis of Tourette SyndromeAuthor Index; Subject Index |
| Summary |
This book examines a variety of psychological disorders from the perspective of the psychology of learning. Grounded in the study of classical and instrumental conditioning, learning theory provides an explanatory framework for the way in which humans acquire information, and when applied, how abnormalities in learning may give rise to clinical conditions. This edited volume addresses a wide range of clinically relevant issues in chapters written by international experts in each field. Individual chapters present experimental research into the neuropsychological basis of the acquisition of fea |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hogarth, Lee
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| ISBN |
9780203803509 |
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0203803507 |
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