The following points highlight the four main factors that influence the process of learning. The factors are: 1. Maturation 2. Motivation 3. Attention 4. Interest. Factor # 1. Maturation: Learning starts at birth and continues till death. But a small infant cannot learn whatever we want him to learn. Learning depends on the maturation of central nervous system and other [...]
In this article we will discuss about cognitive learning, insight and latent learning. Some psychologists view learning in terms of the thought processes or cognition that underlie it, an approach known as cognitive learning theory. Cognitive learning theory suggests that it is not enough to say that people make responses because there is an assumed link between a stimulus and [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Concept of Classical Conditioning 2. Process of Classical Conditioning 3. Laws. Concept of Classical Conditioning: Classical conditioning gets its name from the fact that it is the kind of learning situation that existed in the early "Classical" experiments of Ivan Pavlov (1849- 1936). In the late 1890s, the famous Russian physiologist began [...]
