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A Learning Model

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Chemistry of Learning

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I am not going to talk about several different models, although others will be referred to as I discuss the model I am most interested in. This particular model has been called elicitation theory, and it originated at Michigan State University in the early 1950’s. At that time it was an attempt to integrate the neobehavioristic theories of Hull, Guthrie, Skinner, and Tolman, plus the older ideas of Pavlov (Denny, 1966; Denny and Adelman, 1955).

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  1. Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

    M. Ray Denny

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  1. Department of Psychology, Fordham University, New York, New York, USA

    W. C. Corning

  2. Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

    S. C. Ratner

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Denny, M.R. (1967). A Learning Model. In: Corning, W.C., Ratner, S.C. (eds) Chemistry of Learning. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6565-3_5

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