عنوان

A Neural-Functionalist Approach to Learning

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LA1453h73h

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

A Neural-Functionalist Approach to Learning

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[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Grau, James W.; Joynes, Robin L.

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Researchers within the field of learning have traditionally divided their empirical world according to methodology, with phenomena classified as single stimulus learning, Pavlovian conditioning, or instrumental learning. This trichotomy, a vestige of our behaviorist past, continues to influence the field, both in the classroom and in the laboratory. Relying on data collected using a simple model system (learning within the mammalian spinal cord), evidence is presented that organisms can learn about an environmental relationship in multiple ways, an observation that argues against a simple isomorphism between methodology and mechanism. It is suggested that a new classification system is needed that focuses on mechanism rather than methodology, subdividing our empirical world along lines that make sense given commonalties in the neural-functional mechanisms involved.

Date of Publication

2005

Title

International Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volume Number

18/1

Entry Element

Grau, James W.; Joynes, Robin L.

Electronic name

[Article]

275578

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