Learning

Question 1

List each kind of learning

Answer 1

Behavioural learning
Cognitive learning
Social learning
Operant learning
Stimulus learning

Question 2

What is social/observational learning

Answer 2

Learning that occurs through observing the behaviour of others and links to memory and recalling

Question 3

What is Stimulus discrimination

Answer 3

Process whereby a person learns to respond to a stimulus differently that to other similar stimuli

Question 4

What is cognitive learning

Answer 4

Emphasis on problem solving and achieving goals

Question 5

What are the two types of behavioural learning?

Answer 5

Classical conditioning

Operant conditioning

Question 6

Describe the three steps of classical conditioning

Answer 6

1. A stimulus (unconditioned) which produces an almost certain response (unconditioned) in a subject
2. Some other (conditioned) stimulus is associated with the unconditioned stimulus
3. After the two stimuli have been associated several times it may be possible to elicit the same response as earlier (now called the conditioned response) with only the conditioned stimulus

Question 7

What is operant conditioning

Answer 7

Consequences leading to changes in voluntary behaviour