Honey Robert C, Iordanova Mihaela D, Good Mark
Cardiff University, United Kingdom.
University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA.
Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2014 Feb;108:96-103. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2013.06.002. Epub 2013 Jun 13.
The central concern of associative learning theory is to provide an account of behavioral adaptation that is parsimonious in addressing three key questions: (1) under what conditions does learning occur, (2) what are the associative structures involved, and (3) how do these affect behavior? The principle focus here is on the second question, concerning associative structures, but we will have cause to touch on the others in passing. This question is one that has exercised theorists since Pavlov's descriptions of the conditioning process, where he identifies the shared significance of the study of conditioned reflexes for psychologists and neuroscientists alike.
联想学习理论的核心关注点是提供一种行为适应性的解释，这种解释在解决三个关键问题时力求简洁：（1）学习在什么条件下发生，（2）涉及哪些联想结构，以及（3）这些如何影响行为？这里主要关注的是第二个问题，即关于联想结构的问题，但我们也会顺便提及其他问题。自从巴甫洛夫对条件作用过程进行描述以来，这个问题一直困扰着理论家，他指出了条件反射研究对心理学家和神经科学家的共同重要性。
