Learning
The need for experimental proof is a key part of the scientific definition of learning. As outside observers of animal behavior, humans are practically incapable of understanding which cognit...
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Learning
Learning is the alteration of behavior as a result of experience. When an organism is observed to change its behavior, it is said to learn. Many theories have been formulated by psychologists...
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Neural Substrates of Avoidance Learning
People and animals learn to avoid pain provided that warning stimuli are available to signal pain-inducing events. Such learning is generally of two types, acti...
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Operant Conditioning
Simply put, operant conditioning refers to a systematic program of rewards and punishments to influence behavior or bring about desired behavior. Operant conditioning relies on tw...
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Reinforcement Theory
Reinforcement theory is the process of shaping behavior by controlling the consequences of the behavior. In reinforcement theory a combination of rewards and/or punishments is use...
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Operant Conditioning
Approach to human learning based on the premise that human intelligence and will operate on the environment rather than merely respond to the environment's stimuli.
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The way that people and animals behave and learn is a subject that has interested many psychologists over the past century. Many have suggested different theories regarding behavioural learning, som...
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Operant conditioning is the theory of B.F. Skinner and is defined as "The type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by reinforcement or diminished if followed by punishment." Thr...
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We learn by associating things with other events, this is called classical conditioning. A neutral stimulus comes to evoke the response usually evoked by another stimulus by being paired repeatedly wi...
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Learning is defined as a, "relatively permanent change in an organism's behaviour due to experience" (Myers, 2004, p 225). The purpose of this paper is to present a critical analysis of the different...
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In the movie, `Remember the Titans', a story unfolds about the complete cycle of prejudice including the application of super-ordinate goals to reverse it and create a dominant football team. In case ...
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Learning
Learning
Neural Substrates of Avoidance Learning
Operant Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
