Reward and Punishment in Human Learning

PrefaceTranslator's PrefaceChapter 1. Introduction: Learning, Behavior, and Personality Success and Reward Learning in Human BehaviorChapter 2. Impressions of Success and Failure The Problem Distortions in Impressions of Success Subject-Variables and Impressions of Success The Role of First Experiences of Success or Failure in the Formation of General Impressions ConclusionChapter 3. Recall of Reward and Punishment Problem and Method Accuracy in Recall of Reward and Punishment Determinants of Outcome-Recall Summary and ConclusionChapter 4. A Reconsideration of the Spread of Effect The Problem Experimental Evidence Theoretical Implications —A Reconsideration of the Spread of EffectChapter 5. Does Reward Strengthen Connections? Problem and Method Are Rewarded Connections Strengthened in Open Tasks? Are Rewarded Connections Strengthened in Closed Tasks? Summary and ConclusionsChapter 6. Task Tension and Learning Hypothesis Strengthening of Connections by Incorporation in a Task-Tension System The Integrative Function of Reward The Role of Open-Task Attitudes in Motor Learning The Integrative Function of PunishmentChapter 7. Structural Isolation and Learning The Problem Structural Isolation in the Closed-Task Situation The Effects of Isolated Punishments Effects of Isolated Punishments in Learning Tasks Implications for the Law of EffectChapter 8. Elements of a Behavior Theory A Theory of Learning A Theory of PerformanceAppendix. Further Experimental Analysis of Reward and Punishment Introduction Current Status of the Law of Effect Dependent Measures and the Law of Effect Experiments on the Law of Effect Learning as a Function of Task Reward-Punishment Structure Conclusion: The Role of Reward and Punishment in Human LearningReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index