Learning

Any relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs as a result of experience

• Learning components:

–Involves Change

–Is Relatively Permanent

–Is Acquired Through Experience

Theories of Learning

•Classical Conditioning

–A type of conditioning in which an individual responds to some stimulus that would not ordinarily produce such a response.

•Operant Conditioning

–A type of conditioning in which desired voluntary behavior leads to a reward or prevents a punishment.

•Social-Learning Theory

–People can learn through observation and direct experience.