315 but they, with the new are well presented. Dr. George Carrington's essay on "Medicine" is especially to be recommended, and the final essay by Nor-man Foerster "The Future of the Humanities in State Universities" deserves a much larger audience than it seems likely to reach. 322 pp. $4. Masserman has undertaken the difficult task of presenting fundamentals of modern dynamic psychiatry in 17...

There is a strong relationship between learning theories and instructional practices. Effective learning occurs as a result of effective teaching strategies. Effective teaching requires teachers to understand learning concepts and to develop a theoretical orientation combined with practice for efficient instructional design. There are three leading learning theories presented in this article, i...

This paper overviews research on the educational use of video games by examining the viability of the different learning theories in the field, namely behaviorism, cognitivism, constructionism and the socio-cultural approach. In addition, five key tensions that emerge from the current research are examined: 1) Learning vs. playing, 2) freedom vs. control, 3) drill-and-practice games vs. microwo...

Implementation of learning is synonymous with design and planning, not suddenly spontaneously. The purpose this article to discuss four theories, namely: behaviorism theory, information processing situated constructivism theory their implications for practice. results state that, first, the recognizes that a response between stimulus response, which then requires willingness, practice, reinforc...

This is a concept that is motivatory in terms of behavior and thus is needed for the personal growth of individuals. The humanistic theories are studied in human psychology. This strongly reacts to behaviorism and psychodynamics. This shows that human beings are the ones who decide on the directions that their lives take. Further, these are conscious decisions. The humanistic holistic theories ...

Research in sport pedagogy and its applied recommendations are still characterized by a contrast between the different learning theories from psychology. Traditional their corresponding approaches to specific case of teaching “how play [team sports like soccer]” subject compatibilities incompatibilities. We discuss how behaviorism as an approach game shows more incompatibilities with nature tac...

Passive frame theory attempts to illuminate what consciousness is, in mechanistic and functional terms; it does not address the “implementation” level of analysis (how neurons instantiate conscious states), an enigma for various disciplines. However, in response to the commentaries, we discuss how our framework provides clues regarding this enigma. In the framework, consciousness is passive alb...

With respect to genuine cognitive faculties, present synthetic characters inhabiting online virtual worlds are, to say the least, completely impaired. Current methods aimed at the creation of “immersive” virtual worlds only avatars and NPCs the illusion of mentality and, as such, will ultimately fail. Like behaviorism, this doomed approach focuses only on the inputs and outputs of virtual chara...