GPSY 5110 Study Guide - Classical Conditioning, Habituation, Operant Conditioning
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Learning can be defined as any relatively permanent change in behaviour or behavioural potential produced by experience. Changes that occur due to practice and experience, and are relatively permanent, are a component of learning. Its distinguishing features are: (i) learning always involves some kind of experience. For example, feeling tired after studying is a temporary change and does not involve learning. (iii) learning is an inferred process that involves a series of psychological events. Classical conditioning demonstrates learning by association as one stimulus signifies the possibility of the occurrence of another stimulus. Ivan p. pavlov on the dog, a bell was rung after which food was served to the dog. After some days, no food was served after the ringing of bell, but the dog still salivated to the sound of it and thus, associated the bell with the food. The association resulted in the acquisition of the new response by the dog, i. e. salivation to the sound of bell.
