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A Definition of Learning
Learning is a persisting change in human
performance or performance potential.
This means that learners are capable of
actions they could not perform before
learning occurred and this is true whether
or not they actually have an opportunity to
exhibit the newly acquired performance.
Second to be considered learning, a change in
performance or performance potential must come
about as a result of the learner’s experience and
interaction with the world.
Some behavior changes such a the acquisition of
fine motor control, can be attributed to
maturation and are therefore not considered
learned.
Do we learn to play the guitar?
Is this fine motor control?
Other behavior changes,
such as searching for food,
when hungry or becoming
garrulous when drunk, are
obviously explained on the
basis of temporary states.
These also do not imply
learning.
A learning theory, therefore, comprises a set of
constructs linking observed changes in
performance with what is thought to bring about
those changes.
To build a learning theory requires defining three
basic components.
The results: What are these changes in
performance to be explained by the theory?
The means: What are the processes by which the
results are brought about (including any
hypothesized structures that these processes are
assumed to operate on)?
The inputs: What triggers the processes to occur?
Thorndike was also
interested in the doctrine of
association, but association
between sensation and
impulse rather than
association between ideas.
Thorndike investigated
learning in terms of the
associations related to
action
The results of his experiences convinced
Thorndike that an animal learned to associate a
sensation and an impulse when its action had a
satisfying consequence. This principle Thorndike
termed the Law of Effect and it represented a
modification of the classical principle of
association that would have far-reaching
implications for behaviorism.
According to the classical conditioning paradigm,
and unconditioned stimulus (UCS) biologically and
involuntarily elicits an unconditioned response
(UCR).
The dog salivates when food is put in its mouth;
You blink when a puff of air hits you in the eye;
A child startles when a loud noise if made behind
her.
Then, because it is paired with the UCS, a
conditioned stimulus acquires the ability to elicit
the same response.
Because the response is not conditioned to the
new stimulus, it becomes a conditioned response.
So, for example, reining a bell does not normally
have any effect on salivation, but when it is
repeated paired with the presentation of food, it
can become a conditioned stimulus and will elicit
salivation even in the absence of food.
The principles of
stimulus generalization
and discrimination,
extinction, and
counter-conditioning,
originally established by
Pavlov, became
important elements of
operant conditioning as
well (see Chapter 2).
It is interesting to observe that the studies Brewer
reviews, almost all of which support the cognitive
position, go back as early as 1919 and were
produced in all the following decades up into the
1970’s, right through the dominance of behavioral
theories in the field of learning.
This shows the power of tradition. If research
programs are going well, then occasional
challenging results are either quietly ignored,
called interesting phenomena to be shelved for
later study, or explained away.
Only when alternative view emerges, as cognitive
theory emerged in the 1960’s to rival behavior
theory, do old problems appear significant

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  • 1. A Definition of Learning
  • 2. Learning is a persisting change in human performance or performance potential.
  • 3. This means that learners are capable of actions they could not perform before learning occurred and this is true whether or not they actually have an opportunity to exhibit the newly acquired performance.
  • 4. Second to be considered learning, a change in performance or performance potential must come about as a result of the learner’s experience and interaction with the world.
  • 5. Some behavior changes such a the acquisition of fine motor control, can be attributed to maturation and are therefore not considered learned. Do we learn to play the guitar? Is this fine motor control?
  • 6. Other behavior changes, such as searching for food, when hungry or becoming garrulous when drunk, are obviously explained on the basis of temporary states. These also do not imply learning.
  • 7. A learning theory, therefore, comprises a set of constructs linking observed changes in performance with what is thought to bring about those changes.
  • 8. To build a learning theory requires defining three basic components.
  • 9. The results: What are these changes in performance to be explained by the theory? The means: What are the processes by which the results are brought about (including any hypothesized structures that these processes are assumed to operate on)? The inputs: What triggers the processes to occur?
  • 10. Thorndike was also interested in the doctrine of association, but association between sensation and impulse rather than association between ideas. Thorndike investigated learning in terms of the associations related to action
  • 11. The results of his experiences convinced Thorndike that an animal learned to associate a sensation and an impulse when its action had a satisfying consequence. This principle Thorndike termed the Law of Effect and it represented a modification of the classical principle of association that would have far-reaching implications for behaviorism.
  • 12. According to the classical conditioning paradigm, and unconditioned stimulus (UCS) biologically and involuntarily elicits an unconditioned response (UCR). The dog salivates when food is put in its mouth; You blink when a puff of air hits you in the eye; A child startles when a loud noise if made behind her.
  • 13. Then, because it is paired with the UCS, a conditioned stimulus acquires the ability to elicit the same response.
  • 14. Because the response is not conditioned to the new stimulus, it becomes a conditioned response. So, for example, reining a bell does not normally have any effect on salivation, but when it is repeated paired with the presentation of food, it can become a conditioned stimulus and will elicit salivation even in the absence of food.
  • 15. The principles of stimulus generalization and discrimination, extinction, and counter-conditioning, originally established by Pavlov, became important elements of operant conditioning as well (see Chapter 2).
  • 16. It is interesting to observe that the studies Brewer reviews, almost all of which support the cognitive position, go back as early as 1919 and were produced in all the following decades up into the 1970’s, right through the dominance of behavioral theories in the field of learning.
  • 17. This shows the power of tradition. If research programs are going well, then occasional challenging results are either quietly ignored, called interesting phenomena to be shelved for later study, or explained away.
  • 18. Only when alternative view emerges, as cognitive theory emerged in the 1960’s to rival behavior theory, do old problems appear significant