Types of Learning

Types of Learning

1. Non-Associative Learning

   • It involves becoming aware of a stimulus that is present in the external world, such as a sight or sound.
     • Behavioral habituation refers to a decrease in our response to a stimulus.
     • Sensitization is characterized by a greater response to a stimulus.

2. Watching Others

   • Observing others to learn from them
     • Observational learning is the process by which we understand or change a behavior from watching another person do the same thing
     • It is the imitation of a previously observed behavior that is referred to as modeling
     • Vicarious conditioning refers to learning whether to engage in behavior after seeing others engaging in that behavior and being rewarded or punished.

3. Associative Learning

   • A technique that is used to learn how to relate two pieces of information together
     • The classical conditioning process is a process of learning the correlation between two stimuli
     • Operant conditioning is defined as learning that a specific act of behavior will result in a certain result.

4. References: Grison, S., & Gazzaniga, M. (2019). Psychology in your life (3rd ed.). Norton & Company, Inc. ISBN-13: 9780393673913

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