Lesson 1048 of 1524
Learning and Reinforcement
That is, a person is said to have learned something when they consistently exhibit a new behavior over time.
Practice this chapterThat is, a person is said to have learned something when they consistently exhibit a new behavior over time. This change does not necessarily have to be an improvement, however, and can include such things as learning bad habits or forming prejudices.
Learning may be defined, for our purposes, as a relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs as a result of experience. Several aspects of this definition are noteworthy.
Reinforcement — Anything that causes a certain behavior to be repeated or inhibited. person — said to have learned something when they consistently exhibit a new behavior over time. Habit — The experienced bond or connection between stimulus and response. Classical conditioning — The process whereby a stimulus-response bond is developed between a conditioned stimulus and a conditioned response through the repeated linking of a conditioned stimulus with an….
Be able to define classical conditioning, and differentiate it from operant conditioning.
Worked example
What does “Reinforcement” mean in Learning and Reinforcement?
- 1Use the wording this chapter gives for Reinforcement.
- 2The book says: Anything that causes a certain behavior to be repeated or inhibited.
- 3Do not use the meaning of person. That term means said to have learned something when they consistently exhibit a new behavior over time.
Result: Anything that causes a certain behavior to be repeated or inhibited
Why. That is the meaning this chapter gives for Reinforcement.
Do not swap Reinforcement and person. Reinforcement means Anything that causes a certain behavior to be repeated or inhibited. person means said to have learned something when they consistently exhibit a new behavior over time.
Practice margin
This chapter
A fresh set from this chapter only. Choose 10 or 20. Multiple choice and fill-in, with no repeat inside the set.