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Learning

Categorical breakdown of terms falling inder the category of Learning. Sub categories will become more specific in nature to the terms listed for Learning.

Sub-Categories

• Association
  • Association Learning
• Avoidance Learning
• Conditioning (Psychology)
  • Automatism
  • Conditioning, Classical
  • Conditioning, Eyelid
  • Conditioning, Operant
• Critical Period (Psychology)
• Cues
• Discrimination Learning
• Generalization (Psychology)
  • Generalization, Response
  • Generalization, Stimulus
• Habituation, Psychophysiologic
• Helplessness, Learned
• Imprinting (Psychology)
• Inhibition (Psychology)
  • Proactive Inhibition
  • Reactive Inhibition
• Maze Learning
• Memory
  • Deja Vu
  • Memory, Short-Term
  • Mental Recall
  • Recognition (Psychology)
  • Retention (Psychology)
• Neurolinguistic Programming
• Overlearning
• Practice (Psychology)
• Probability Learning
• Problem-Based Learning
• Problem Solving
• Reinforcement (Psychology)
  • Extinction, Psychological
  • Knowledge of Results (Psychology)
  • Punishment
  • Reinforcement Schedule
  • Reinforcement, Social
  • Reinforcement, Verbal
  • Reward
    • Token Economy
• Reversal Learning
• Set (Psychology)
• Transfer (Psychology)
• Verbal Learning
  • Paired-Associate Learning
  • Serial Learning

Terms

Association - A functional relationship between psychological phenomena of such nature that the presence of one te...

Association Learning - The principle that items experienced together enter into a connection, so that one tends to reinstat...

Automatism - Automatic, mechanical, and apparently undirected behavior which is outside of conscious control....

Avoidance Learning - A response to a cue that is instrumental in avoiding a noxious experience....

Conditioning (Psychology) - A general term referring to the learning of some particular response....

Conditioning, Classical - Learning that takes place when a conditioned stimulus is paired with an unconditioned stimulus....

Conditioning, Eyelid - Reflex closure of the eyelid occurring as a result of classical conditioning....

Conditioning, Operant - Learning situations in which the sequence responses of the subject are instrumental in producing rei...

Critical Period (Psychology) - A specific stage in animal and human development during which certain types of behavior normally are...

Cues - Signals for an action; that specific portion of a perceptual field or pattern of stimuli to which a ...

Deja Vu - A subjective feeling that an experience which is occurring for the first time has been experienced b...

Discrimination Learning - Learning that is manifested in the ability to respond differentially to various stimuli....

Extinction, Psychological - The procedure of presenting the conditioned stimulus without REINFORCEMENT to an organism previously...

Generalization (Psychology) - The phenomenon of an organism's responding to all situations similar to one in which it has been con...

Generalization, Response - The principle that after an organism learns to respond in a particular manner to a stimulus, that st...

Generalization, Stimulus - The tendency to react to stimuli that are different from, but somewhat similar to, the stimulus used...

Habituation, Psychophysiologic - The disappearance of responsiveness to a repeated stimulation. It does not include drug habituation....

Helplessness, Learned - Learned expectation that one's responses are independent of reward and, hence, do not predict or con...

Imprinting (Psychology) - A particular kind of learning characterized by occurrence in very early life, rapidity of acquisitio...

Inhibition (Psychology) - The interference with or prevention of a behavioral or verbal response even though the stimulus for ...

Knowledge of Results (Psychology) - A principle that learning is facilitated when the learner receives immediate evaluation of learning ...

Learning - Relatively permanent change in behavior that is the result of past experience or practice. The conce...

Maze Learning - Learning the correct route through a maze to obtain reinforcement. It is used for human or animal po...

Memory - Complex mental function having four distinct phases: (1) memorizing or learning, (2) retention, (3) ...

Memory, Short-Term - Temporary storage of information for a few seconds to hours, as opposed to long-term memory which re...

Mental Recall - The process whereby a representation of past experience is elicited....

Neurolinguistic Programming - A set of models of how communication impacts and is impacted by subjective experience. Techniques ar...

Overlearning - Learning in which practice proceeds beyond the point where the act can just be performed with the re...

Paired-Associate Learning - Learning in which the subject must respond with one word or syllable when presented with another wor...

Practice (Psychology) - Performance of an act one or more times, with a view to its fixation or improvement; any performance...

Proactive Inhibition - The state or process hypothesized to account for poorer learning rate for elements later in a series...

Probability Learning - Usually refers to the use of mathematical models in the prediction of learning to perform tasks base...

Problem Solving - A learning situation involving more than one alternative from which a selection is made in order to ...

Problem-Based Learning - Instructional use of examples or cases to teach using problem-solving skills and critical thinking....

Punishment - The application of an unpleasant stimulus or penalty for the purpose of eliminating or correcting un...

Reactive Inhibition - Tendency toward a lessened strength of response due to practice or activity. It is independent of th...

Recognition (Psychology) - The knowledge or perception that someone or something present has been previously encountered....

Reinforcement (Psychology) - The strengthening of a conditioned response....

Reinforcement Schedule - A schedule prescribing when the subject is to be reinforced or rewarded in terms of temporal interva...

Reinforcement, Social - The strengthening of a response with a social reward such as a nod of approval, a parent's love or a...

Reinforcement, Verbal - Use of word stimulus to strengthen a response during learning....

Retention (Psychology) - The persistence to perform a learned behavior (facts or experiences) after an interval has elapsed i...

Reversal Learning - Any situation where an animal or human is trained to respond differentially to two stimuli (e.g., ap...

Reward - An object or a situation that can serve to reinforce a response, to satisfy a motive, or to afford p...

Serial Learning - Learning to make a series of responses in exact order....

Set (Psychology) - Readiness to think or respond in a predetermined way when confronted with a problem or stimulus situ...

Token Economy - A practice whereby tokens representing money, toys, candy, etc., are given as secondary reinforcers ...

Transfer (Psychology) - Change in learning in one situation due to prior learning in another situation. The transfer can be ...

Verbal Learning - Learning to respond verbally to a verbal stimulus cue....

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