Ideal for upperlevel learning theory courses or as a reference text for researchers, this 14 chapter handbook describes the most current perspectives on the learning process. "Mowrer and Klein's edited volume makes a heroic effort, probably as committed an effort as is possible in a single book, to place learning theory in a wider conceptual and applied context while still retaining the depth of understanding that a narrow focus can bring....A strength of the book is its depth of analysis of some of the pervasive assumptions made by learning theorists....A particularly salient feature of the Handbook...is the amount of space devoted to issues of motivation and reinforcement....The Handbook's two most praiseworthy attributes are its unstinting critical examination of current associative theory and its broad consideration of how learning theory is applicable in the understanding of behavior problems such as drug dependence and neurosis....as a scholarly and pleasurable means of surveying the current landscape of work on learning theory, this book comes with a strong recommendation."—Contemporary Psychology