LEARNING

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LEARNING
Shelley M. Rinehart October 10, 2000
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• What is learning?
• we learn best by doing
• relatively permanent change
• based on experience
• cant be observed

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• Theories of Learning
• stimulus response theories
• cognitive learning theory

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• Classical Conditioning
• Pavlovs dogs
• learner is passive
• based on strength of association

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Unconditioned Stimulus
Conditioned Stimulus
UnconditionedResponse
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Unconditioned Stimulus
Conditioned Response
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Applications in the workplace??
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• Operant Conditioning
• Skinners pigeons
• active learners
• based on outcomes

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• Types of Reinforcement
• positive
  reinforcement
• negative reinforcement
• punishment

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• Reinforcement Schedules
• Ratio Schedules
• fixed
• interval
• Interval Schedules
• fixed
• interval

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• Key Issues
• extinction
• spontaneous recovery
• shaping

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Applications in the workplace??
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• Cognitive Learning
• Kohlers monkeys

• Modelling
• active observer