THEORIES OF LEARNING

BY: SHANTANU MISHRA

CLASSICAL LEARNING

•Developed by Ivan Pavlov.• Classical conditioning theory involves learning a new behavior via the process of association. • In simple terms two stimuli are linked together to produce a new learned response in a person or animal.• Like many great scientific advances, Pavlovian conditioning (aka classical conditioning) was discovered accidentally.

• Includes stimuli and responses

•Unconditioned Stimulus (US) – automatically produces a response

•Unconditioned Response (UR) – naturally occurring response

•Conditioned Stimulus (CS) – an object used to stimulate a response

•Conditioned Response (CR) – learned response

CLASSICAL LEARNING- THE SETUP

OPERANT CONDITIONING- SKINNER

•Developed by B. F. Skinner•B.F. Skinner (1938) coined the term operant conditioning; it means roughly changing of behavior by the use of reinforcement which is given after the desired response.•“People learn by doing”

OPERANT CONDITIONING- THE SETUP (SKINNER BOX)

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