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    ways” (p. 129). Through the Social Learning theory we are going to examine what and how police and police culture have been influenced to adapt to an authoritative personality‚ as well as perspectives on authoritative personalities. Is it that police work itself develops an authoritarian world-view‚ or is it that authoritarian personalities are selected for police work in the first place? The Social Learning theory fathered by Albert Bandura‚ suggests that learning

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    Learning theory argues that attachments are based on the principal of operant and classical conditioning; our first attachments are usually formed with our care giver‚ the person who feeds‚ changes and cuddles us. Classical conditioning is based on association‚ for example if a child is hungry them the milk from is the unconditioned stimulus which cause and unconditioned response of relief form its discomfort. This isn’t learned by the child it’s a natural response; however over time the pleasure

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    According to Albert Bandura‚ observational learning is a learning process of identifying a model and reproducing their behaviour. Reproduction of the observed behaviour can result on the basis of whether the behaviour of the model carries with it positive or negative consequences. This can also be referred to as vicarious reinforcement or vicarious punishment of the model’s behaviour. An observer will more likely reproduce the actions of a model whose characteristics they find attractive or desirable

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    Learning Theories  • The Technological Revolution • The Spectrum of Learning Theories • Behaviorism • Constructivism • Fitting the Other Theories into the Spectrum • Theory of Multiple Intelligence • Learning Theories and the Brain • Brain Structures • Implications for Learning Theory • Implications for Multimedia • References   By Darren Forrester & Noel Jantzie Kilde: http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/%7Egnjantzi/learning_theories.htm   This

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    02/20/13 PSYC 47 – YB MY PERSONAL LEARNING THEORY (Outward Appearance Theory) This theory is based from my hobbies‚ my personal experiences‚ and experiences told by my family and close friends. The environment was also helpful; I gained observations from what is happening around me. I am not going to say that this theory is all original since before coming up with this‚ I studied other existing theories and I got a lot of ideas from them on what to write. I was able

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    Definitions: Learning is a change in behavior as a result of experience or practice. It is a process of gaining knowledge‚ or skill in‚ something through study‚ teaching‚ instruction or experience. 2. “the relatively permanent change in a person’s knowledge or behavior due to experience” (Mayer‚ 1982‚ p. 1040). 3. “an enduring change in behavior‚ or in the capacity to behave in a given fashion‚ which results from practice or other forms of experience” (Shuell‚ 1986‚ p. 412). Learning theories are

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    Learning theory (education) Learning theories are conceptual frameworks that describe how information is absorbed‚ processed‚ and retained during learning. Cognitive‚ emotional‚ and environmental influences‚ as well as prior experience‚ all play a part in how understanding‚ or a world view‚ is acquired or changed‚ and knowledge and skills retained. * Behaviorists look at learning as an aspect of conditioning and will advocate a system of rewards and targets in education. * Educators who

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    The response conditioning theory suggests that if a neutral stimulus is followed closely in time by an unconditioned stimulus that elicits an unconditioned response‚ then the previous neutral stimulus will also tend to elicit that response in the future (with respect to that specific response). This project demonstrates this theory of response conditioning. The MC worked as the unconditioned stimulus (US) and the lemon water as the

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    2012 Applying Operant Conditioning To Ones life Operant Conditioning can easily be applied to our everyday lives. “It is a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher.” (Myers 236) When we observe our environment and the people with-in it‚ we will be able to understand and comprehend actions duly. We are also able to discern the consequences of our actions. An everyday situation which operant conditioning can be used in

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    people are conditioned from a young age to adhere to the standards set by the world state. Skinners theory of operant conditioning is seen at play when children are given treats upon discovering the death of a peer; by being rewarded—or‚ positively reinforced—at the sight of death‚ they begin to associate death with something positive‚ and on the whole view death as a good thing. Operant conditioning is also seen being used to dissuade children from certain things‚ such as when Delta class children

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