Inferred Functions of Performance and Learning

Siegfried Engelmann, Donald Steely

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Psychology Press
01 October 2003

Cognition & cognitive psychology; Artificial intelligence

"This ambitious, highly theoretical book provides a capstone for the careers of two very distinguished scholars. It begins with an analysis of what functions and systems must exist for any organism or machine to perform an unlearned act, that is, with an analysis of what must be ""wired into"" the organism or machine. Once the basics of unlearned responding have been established, the authors then systematically show how learning mechanisms can be layered onto that foundation in ways that account for the performance of new, learned operations that eventually culminate in the acquisition of higher-order operations that involve concepts and language.

This work is of interest to various practitioners engaged in analyzing and creating behavior: the ethnologist, the instructional designer, the learning psychologist, the physiologist-neurobiologist, and particularly the designer of intelligent machines."

By: Siegfried Engelmann, Donald Steely
Imprint: Psychology Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 34mm
Weight: 840g
ISBN: 9780805845402
ISBN 10: 0805845402
Pages: 534
Publication Date: 01 October 2003
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Siegfried Engelmann, Donald Steely

Reviews for Inferred Functions of Performance and Learning

This book provides the first new and conceptually coherent assessment of what constitutes learned behavior and how organisms acquire it. I believe that it will be a book that will revolutionize how people think about learning. I suspect that this title will ultimately have the kind of staying power that few books ever attain, perhaps something like Hebb's Organization and Behavior. When I was reading the manuscript, a colleague asked what I was reading. I said, 'I think I'm reading the most important book that I've ever read.' I meant it. -John Lloyd University of Virginia This book takes a new approach toward understanding an issue that is at the very core of psychology. It attempts to describe the internal functions that account for the observable patterns of performance and learning. This is not a new topic. Its history is as long as psychology itself. However, Engelmann and Steely take a fresh approach and their contribution is original. The completion of this project and its accessible presentation will be a substantial and lasting contribution to the field. -Tim Slocum Utah State University