Unit4LearningefficientlyPartTwo:TeachingResourcesSection2:BackgroundinformationforUnit4Learningefficiently1
Whatislearning
learning,inpsychology,theprocessbywhicharelativelylastingchangeinpotentialbehavioroccursasaresultofpracticeorexperience
Learningisdistinguishedfrombehavioralchangesarisingfromsuchprocessesasmaturationandillness,butdoesapplytomotorskills,suchasdrivingacar,tointellectualskills,suchasreading,andtoattitudesandvalues,suchasprejudice
Thereisevidencethatneuroticsymptomsandpatternsofmentalillnessarealsolearnedbehavior
Learningoccursthroughoutlifeinanimals,andlearnedbehavioraccountsforalargeproportionofallbehaviorinthehigheranimals,especiallyinhumans
ModelsofLearningClassicalConditioningThefirstmodel,classicalconditioning,wasinitiallyidentifiedbyPavlovinthesalivationreflexofd