PSQF 1075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Observational Learning, Goal Setting, Telemarketing
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Learning : occurs when experience (including practice) causes a relatively permanent change in an individual"s knowledge, behavior, or potential for behavior. We don"t try to like new styles and dislike old ones; it just seems to happen that way. Change must be brought about by experience- by the interaction of a person with his or her environment. Cognitive psychologist: focus on the changes in knowledge, believe learning is an internal mental activity that cannot be observed directly. Behavioral learning theories: the behavioral view generally assumes that the outcome of learning is a change in behavior, and it emphasizes the effects of external events on the individual. J. b. watson (1919) that because thinking, intentions, and other internal mental events could not be seen or studied rigorously and scientifically, these mentalisms , as he called them, should not even be included in an explantation of learning. Neuroscience of behavioral learning: parts of the cerebellum are involved in simple reflex learning to blink.