PSYC 10a Lecture 8: PSYC 10A Lecture 8: Psyc: 7. Learning
24 Jan 2017
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Acquired wisdom, knowledge or skill; to gain knowledge, comprehension, or mastery of through experience or study; to acquire through experience . What these definitions have in common is the acquisition of something through experience. Relatively long-lasting changes in an individual"s behavior that are produced by environmental events, or. Process through which experience at one time alters behavior at a future time. What we can see, what we can hear. Social learning theory (aka imitation aka observational learning) (cid:313) alertness and attention toward a novel or interesting source. Stimulus signals us to to direct our attention. Repeated presentations of the stimulus (cid:314) stimulus loses its significance/ signal value. E. g. if somebody pops a balloon at the back of the hall, you will look around. Habituation, learning not to respond to an event that occurs repeatedly, is the simplest form of learning. Lack of habituation is a time and energy waster when the stimulus has no importance.
