Sunday, 25 January 2009  Explanation of Classical / Operant
conditioning  Visit The Psychology Forum for further discussion
of Leanring, Conditioning and Behavior   Learning seems to be
one process that many people take for granted (just assume it
happens and happens basically the same way for most people) but
know very little about.  So, how do we learn? How do other
animals learn? Do we learn the same way? What are our
limitations? Can we learn anything? Is there one right way to
learn? To answer these questions, we need to first establish a
definition of learning. Our definition is comprised of several
different components:  The 4 Factors That Form The Definition of
Learning:  1) learning is inferred from a change in
behavior/performance*  2) learning results in an inferred change
in memory  3) learning is the result of experience  4) learning
is relatively permanent  This means that behavior changes that
are temporary or due to things like drugs, alcohol, etc., are
not "learned".  * Behavior Potential - o