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Iconic rote learning two or more concepts become associated without conditioning and without reasoning. Vicarious learning (modeling)   |SYLLABUS |TSOCHome |About |FairUse |Privacy |Contact |SEARCH |    |SyKronixMarketingPortal |MarketingForum |SykronixWhitePapers |  BEHAVIORALLEARNING TWOSCHOOLSOFTHOUGHT Cognitive "learningisknowledge" focusesoninternalcharacteristics emphasizestheroleofmemoryandthinking Behavioral "learningasbehavior" focusesonchangesinbehaviorthatoccurasaresultofexperience emphasizesstimuliandresponsebehaviors SUMMARYOFLEARNINGTHEORIES Reasoning individualsusethinkingtorestructureandrecombineexisting informationandnewinformationtoformnewassociationsandconcepts Iconicrotelearning twoormoreconceptsbecomeassociatedwithoutconditioning andwithoutreasoning Vicariouslearning(modeling) behaviorsarelearnedbywatchingtheoutcomesofothers' behaviorsorbyimaginingtheoutcomeofpotentialbehavior Operant(instrumental)conditioning aresponsethatisgivenreinforcementismorelikelytobe repeatedwhenthesamesituationarisesinthefuture Classicalconditioning aresponseelicitedbyoneobjectwillbeelicitedbythesecond objectifbothobjectsfrequentlyoccurtogether BEHAVIORALLEARNING aprocessinwhichexperiencewiththeenvironmentleadstoa relativelypermanentchangeinbehaviororthepotentialfora changeinbehavior Threemajorapproaches: classicalconditioning operantconditioning vicariouslearning CLASSICALCONDITIONING stimulus=======>response behavioris'elicited' OPERANTCONDITIONING behavior=======>reward(orpunishment)[orpositive/negative reinforcement] behavioralresponseis'emitted' behavioriscausedbyalteringtheconsequencesthatfollow thebehavior CLASSICALCONDITIONING unconditionedstimulus(UCS) anystimuluscapableofelicitingautonomicallyanunconditioned response(notethatitcanbepossibleforanunconditionedor 'unconditional'stimulustohavepreviouslybeenconditioned) unconditionedresponse(UCR) thereflexive,involuntaryresponseelicitedbyanunconditioned stimulus conditionedstimulus(CS) apreviouslyneutralstimulusthat,whenpairedwithanunconditioned stimulus,mayelicitaconditionedresponse conditionedresponse(CR) theresponseelicitedbytheconditionedstimuluswhenclassical conditioningoccurs OPERANTCONDITIONING operant naturallyoccurringactionsofanorganismintheenvironment reinforcements stimulithatoccurafterthebehavior,affectingthelikelihood thatthebehaviorwillbeemittedagainbyanorganism extinction thedisappearanceofaresponseduetolackofreinforcement shaping aprocessthroughwhichanewoperantbehavioriscreatedby reinforcingsuccessiveapproximationsofthedesiredbehavior