LEARNING THEORY by Bob Boakes Psychology and You‚ pp.59-63‚ Hawker Brownlow Education‚ Melbourne Australia Learning is the process by which we gain knowledge about the world. It is not just something we try to switch on occasionally when‚ for example‚ we have an exam to study for or want to try a new game. It is a process that starts before we are born and continues to the moment we die. The kind of concentrated‚ deliberate process that we usually refer to as ‘learning’ in a school context is only
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COGNITIVE LEARNING THEORY COGNITIVE LEARNING: Cognitive learning is defined as the acquisition of knowledge and skill by mental or cognitive processes‚ the procedures we have for manipulating information ’in our heads’. Cognitive processes include creating mental representations of physical objects and events‚ and other forms of information processing. But what does it mean? To most people probably very little. Essentially what ’cognition’ means is ’to know’‚ gaining knowledge through thought
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Bandura stated that aggression is behavior that results in personal injury or destruction of property. (Bandura‚ 1973) Besides‚ Baron stated that aggression is a behavior directed toward the goal of harming or injuring another living being who is motivated to avoid such treatment. (Baron‚ 1977) Baron & Byrne (2000) stated that aggression is the intentional infliction of some form of harm on others. In overall‚ the common point among these three definitions is aggression is a behavior that causes
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approaches to motivation. The reinforcement approaches are: Skinner’s Operant Conditioning Theory‚ Resource Allocation Theory‚ and Goal Orientation Perspectives. Each of these theories focuses on how a past behavior can have an effect on future behaviors or how behaviors are created by past experiences. These experiences try to evaluate why people remain motivated. Skinners Operant Conditioning Theory focuses on the thought that individual’s actions are a direct result of their environmental
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Associationistic Theory of Learning Bevon Barker PSY 331 Instructor : Megan Mclaughlin 8-1-11 In life we are prone to experiencing different experiences; some through emotions‚ love and other inferences. We associate different experiences and try to form a plethora of comforts; a sense in which we can revisit to help us to assess new experiences throughout our lives. In other words‚ we learn from our mistakes‚ trials and tribulations. From a personal standpoint‚ I can honestly say
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What is theory? A theory is a way of thinking and a model of how things work‚ how principles are related‚ and what causes things to work together. Learning theories address key questions‚ for example‚ how does learning happen? How does motivation occur? What influences students’ development? A theory is not just an idea. It’s an idea that is a coherent explanation of a set of relationships that has been tested with lots of research. If the idea survives rigorous testing‚ that theory is said
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Social Learning Theory: Key Figures: Montgomery‚ Rotter and Bandura Key Concepts: Individuals learn through observing others’ behavior‚ attitudes‚ and effects of those behaviors. Explanation of Disorder Personality: overly aggressive individuals (i.e. serial killers) Validity: When individuals observe others engaging in certain behaviors‚ it does not necessarily mean that they are learning that behavior. People need a good reason to want to learn behaviors through observation. Comprehensiveness:
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Outline and evaluate the social learning theory as an explanation of aggression (24 marks) The social learning theory states that aggressive behaviour is learnt rather than it being innate. It is first learnt through observation meaning there has to be ability to copy or model the behaviour of the role model. The child must have high self-efficacy to know they will get what they want after portraying the aggressive behaviour. The behaviour must be reinforced through operant conditioning for the
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The definition of observational learning is learning that occurs through observing the behavior of others. This is a form of social learning which takes various forms. A great example would be a child might learn to use profanity‚ hit‚ drink‚ and find other inappropriate behavior that is acceptable through poor modeling. Models are parents‚ coaches‚ and teachers that are held in higher regard to the observer. Observational learning is a big part of culture‚ sports‚ and our everyday lives. It is
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Learning Any relatively permanent change in behaviour as result of experience 1 Theories of learning: Behavioral Theories – Most traditional & researched theory – Foundation of principles of learning; Org.reward systems & the behavioural management approach Classical Conditioning Ivon Pavlov (Russian) & John B. Watson (Amercian) – Attributed learning to the association/ connection between S – R Ivon Pavlov – measured the amount of saliva secreted by the dog: – Unconditional Stimulus (Meat)
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