Learning Types

Learning Types

1. Habituation

   • Learning not to respond to repeated stimuli. (dog learns to stop barking at a mail man.)

2. Trial and Error

   • Learning that occurs after several attempts to solve a problem and finally figuring out the correct solution. (finding the way out of the maze.)

3. Classical Conditioning

   • Learning that occurs by association of a stimulus with a response. (Pavlovs dog- rings a bell (stimulus) dog then drools for food.)

4. Imprinting

   • Learning that occurs at a young age. (hatching chicks follow their mother).