Learning Research 4.1.1

Question 1

What is associative learning?

Answer 1

A type of behavioral learning where you learn behavior based on associating a stimulus and its response

Question 2

What is behavioral learning?

Answer 2

Emphasizes that behaviors are learned from interactions with the environment

ex. A dolphin performing a trick to earn a treat and your heart racing when you see a dog after previously being bit by one

(conditioned by the environment)

Question 3

What is cognitive learning?

Answer 3

Learning by using your reason and perception

ex. Learning the names of all 50 states in the United States of America and using a strategy learned to solve a math problem

(all involve thinking processes)

Question 4

What is learning?

Answer 4

any relatively enduring change in behavior due to experience

Question 5

What are instincts?

Answer 5

Complex behaviors triggered by broader events

ex.
seasonal migration of birds
hibernation of certain animals

Question 6

Who are the 5 learning researchers?

Answer 6

B. F. Skinner ~ studied operant conditioning

John B. Waston ~ conducted “The Little Albert” experiment

Edward Thornlike ~ developed the law of effect in learning

Albert Bandura ~ developed the social learning theory (cognitive processes included)