Learning Skills — Chapter Summary
Gujarat Board · Class 12 · Psychology
Summary of Learning Skills for Gujarat Board Class 12 Psychology. Part of the Gujarat Board Class 12 Psychology syllabus.
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Overview
Learning is a fundamental psychological process that enables every living being to adapt to its surrounding environment. Psychology, as a science of behaviour, recognises that learning brings about change in behaviour and helps individuals solve different types of problems. Human beings exhibit two
Key Concepts
According to American Psychologist C
According to American Psychologist C.T. Morgan, 'Learning is any relatively permanent change in human or animal behaviour as a result of experience or
Also called observational or social learning
Also called observational or social learning, this is the most common form of early learning in humans and animals. An individual observes others in t
American Psychologist Edward L
American Psychologist Edward L. Thorndike demonstrated trial and error learning using a puzzle box. A hungry cat was placed inside a box with food out
Russian physiologist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849
Russian physiologist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849–1936), awarded the Nobel Prize in 1904, discovered classical conditioning through experiments on dogs
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B.F. Skinner (1904–1990) developed the concept of operant conditioning using a specially designed 'Skinner Box'. A hungry rat was placed in the box co
Learning Objectives
- Understand the meaning and definition of learning according to C.T. Morgan
- Identify the three key features of learning: experience and practice, change in behaviour, and relatively permanent change
- Explain the five methods of learning: emulation, trial and error, classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and insight
- Describe Thorndike's puzzle box experiment and understand trial and error learning
- Explain Pavlov's classical conditioning experiment and its key terms (UCS, UCR, CS, CR)
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