?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Learning+Theory+and+the+Evolutionary+Analogy&rft.creator=Blute%2C+Marion&rft.subject=Behavioral+Analysis&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.description=In+this+article%2C+past+comparisons+of+learning+and+evolution+as+analogous+processes+are+discussed+and+some+inaccuracies+and+omissions+in+those+discussions+are+pointed+out.+The+evolutionary+analogy+is+examined+for+its+ability+to+suggest+solutions+to+five+fundamental+theoretical+issues+about+learning+-+superstitions%2C+why+a+reinforcer+has+the+effect+it+does%2C+the+relationship+among+various+procedures+yielding+learning%2C+the+relevance+of+the+matching+law+to+the+problem+of+what+reinforces+an+avoidance+response%2C+and+whether+behavioral+and+cognitive+views+of+learning+can+be+reconciled.+In+each+case+it+is+argued+that+the+analogy+is+instructive.&rft.date=1979-01&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F858%2F3%2FBlute.pdf&rft.identifier=++Blute%2C+Marion++(1979)+Learning+Theory+and+the+Evolutionary+Analogy.++%5BPreprint%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F858%2F