Project Gutenberg 2019-10-05 Public domain in the USA. 103 McConnell, James V. 1925 1990 McConnell, James Vernon Finlay, Virgil 1914 1971 Finlay Learning Theory Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, December 1957 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Learning Theory" by James V. McConnell is a science fiction novel written during the late 1950s. The book explores themes of psychology and behaviorism through a unique narrative that examines concepts of learning, an important topic in the field of psychology. The protagonist, a psychologist, finds himself unwittingly studying his own behavior after being abducted and placed in a series of experimental tests reminiscent of the Skinner Box. The story unfolds as the main character grapples with his identity and circumstances after being taken aboard an alien spaceship. He realizes that he has become a subject in an experiment designed by an alien psychologist, where he must navigate various learning tasks—including pressing levers for food and solving mazes—while dealing with the psychological implications of his situation. As he experiences the trials imposed by his captor, he reflects on the nature of learning and behavior, ultimately trying to thwart the alien’s expectations by manipulating the results of his own performance. The novel challenges the reader to consider the ethical dimensions of experimentation and the limits of scientific understanding in the realm of behavior. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Psychological fiction Diary fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction College teachers -- Fiction Experiments -- Fiction Psychologists -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels Category: Psychiatry/Psychology 57756 2025-06-24T06:36:19.565180 text/html 33575 2024-10-17T14:05:06 text/html 278050 2025-06-24T06:36:21.616202 application/epub+zip 276882 2025-06-24T06:36:20.024201 application/epub+zip 85985 2025-06-24T06:36:19.758192 application/epub+zip 314302 2025-06-24T06:36:23.018151 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 306534 2025-06-24T06:36:21.384185 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 115851 2022-09-27T09:43:40.661273 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 51138 2023-09-26T05:18:32.225017 text/plain 31306 2024-10-17T14:05:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18533 2025-06-24T06:36:23.165149 application/rdf+xml 29350 2025-06-24T06:36:19.858188 image/jpeg 5041 2025-06-24T06:36:19.808191 image/jpeg 455415 2025-06-24T06:36:19.579219 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia