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Chapter 7: Learning
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
05/01/2011

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Term
Learning is a permanent change in an organism's behavior due to _____________
Definition
"Experience."
Term
Empiricism
Definition
(Learning Theory.) Idea that all knowledge comes from sensory experience and observation.
Term
Tabula Rasa
Definition
Blank Slate -- we're born with nothing in our brains/minds. 
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Association
Definition
(Learning theory.) Two things are connected if they're experienced close together, over time. 
Term
Classical Conditioning
Definition

Type of Learning: Unconditioned (natural) response -- elicited by an unconditioned (natural) stimulus -- becomes elicited by new, conditioned (learned) stimulus. We learn to associate conditioned (learned) stimulus with a conditioned response. 

 

 

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