Name the 3 major learning theories.
-Classical conditioning.
-Operant conditioning
-Social cognitive theory
Training programs should be based on the principles of learning proposed by what 2 learning theories.
Operant conditioning and social cognitive theory.
Name 3 learning styles.
Visual, auditory, and kinesthetic.
What is another name for classical conditioning?
-respondent condition, or reflexive conditioning.
What are the principles of learning?
Stimulus
Response
Motivation
Feedback
Transfer
Learning curves
Forgetting
The blank approach applies general theories to specific situations using deductive reasoning.
Funnel approach.
B.F. Skinner's research was specifc to what animals?
-pigeons and rats
What are the 3 transfer-of-training situations?
Positive, negative, and no observable effect.
What are the 4 major kinds of learning?
Motor response, rote, idea, and value internalization.
The process of changing a person's behavior by identifying the desired responses and reinforcing them is called what?
Behavior Modification.
What is a plateau?
A period where no learning seems to occur.
Memorizing a poem is an example of what kind of learning?
Rote learning.
Refers to memorizing arbitrary associations between words, symbols, objects, or events.
What are the 3 dimensions of self-efficacy?
magnitude, strength, and generality.
An explanation for forgetting in which old learning interferes with the acquisition of new information is called what?
Proactive inhibition.
Which level of learning is the learner capable of understanding why the phenomena exists?
Analysis.