Chapter 6.1: What is Learning?
observational learning
adds social and cognitive layers to all the basic associative processes, both conscious and unconscious
reflexes
are a motor or neural reaction to a specific stimulus in the environment
instincts
are innate behaviors that are triggered by a broader range of events, such as aging and the change of seasons
learning
is a relatively permanent change in behavior or knowledge that results from experience
Associative learning
occurs when an organism makes connections between stimuli or events that occur together in the environment
operant conditioning
tends to involve conscious processes
classical conditioning
tends to involve unconscious processes