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CBSE · Class 11 · Psychology

Complete topic list for Learning in CBSE Class 11 Psychology. Key concepts, sub-topics, and what to focus on for board exams.

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4 Topics · CBSE Class 11 Psychology

Topics in Learning

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1. Nature of Learning

  • Learning is any relatively permanent change in behaviour or behavioural potential produced by experience.
  • Learning always involves experience.
  • Behavioural changes due to drugs or fatigue are temporary and are not considered learning.
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2. Classical Conditioning

  • Classical conditioning was first investigated by Ivan P. Pavlov.
  • Pavlov was primarily interested in the physiology of digestion in dogs.
  • Food is the Unconditioned Stimulus and salivation is the Unconditioned Response.
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3. Operant or Instrumental Conditioning

  • Operant conditioning was first investigated by B.F. Skinner.
  • Skinner studied rats and pigeons in the Skinner Box.
  • Operant behaviour is voluntary and under the organism's control.
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4. Key Learning Processes

  • Reinforcement strengthens responses.
  • Extinction is the disappearance of a learned response due to removal of reinforcement.
  • Resistance to extinction grows with reinforced trials up to a point, then further increase reduces it.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Learning as a relatively permanent change in behaviour or behavioural potential produced by experience

Nature of learningClassical conditioningOperant or instrumental conditioningKey learning processesLearned helplessnessObservational learningCognitive learningVerbal learning

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What are the important topics in Learning for CBSE Class 11 Psychology?
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