PSYCH 1X03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Classical Conditioning, Habituation, Dishabituation
10 Mar 2014
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Learning is a relatively enduring change in the mechanisms of behaviour that occurs due to experience. Latent learning obtaining relations that are not expressed right away or expressed only in appropriate situations, reflect this distinction and highlights the importance of the specific mechanisms of learning. Three key concepts of learning: mechanisms of behaviour. There are two compelling reasons to consider more than behaviour alone, both of which involve the distinction between learning and performance. There are many reasons unrelated to learning why behaviour may change. Fatigue and motivational factors that can alter behaviour. Learning may occur yet not be immediately reflected in performance. When learning occurs, something changes in the process and systems that produce behaviour, thereby altering the mechanism of that behaviour: learning involves change that is relatively enduring. The definition specifies that the changes in the mechanisms of behaviour that occur as a result of learning must be enduring.
