Conditioning and Learning
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INTRODUCTION
"Learning, acquiring knowledge or developing the ability to perform new behaviors. It is common to think of learning as something that takes place in school, but much of human learning occurs outside the classroom, and people continue to learn throughout their lives." (Gregory, 1961)
Conditioning is the term used to designate the types of human behavioral learning. Since the 1920s, conditioning has been the primary focus of behavior research in humans as well as animals. There are four main types of conditioning:
Classical Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
Multiple-Response Learning
Insight Learning
Conditioning and Learning
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LITERATURE REVIEW
Classical Conditioning
"Classical conditioning, also called associative learning, is based on stimulus-response relationships. A stimulus is an object or situation that elicits a response by one of our sense organs, like how a bright light makes us blink. Associative......
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