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What is learning
An enduring change in the mechanisms of behavior involving specific stimuli and or responses that results from prior experience with similar stimuli and responses
(No universal definition)
What does learning do
Is the development of a new behavior or the decrease or loss of a previously common behavior
What are habitual responses
Make up a lot of our daily behaviors
-brushing teeth
What was the belied of behaviour before Descartes
Believed that all human behavior was a result of free will and conscious intent
What are Descartes 2 classes of human behavior (Cartesian Dualism)
Involuntary (automatic reactions mediated by reflexes)
Voluntary (persons intent to act in that manner, doesn't need to be triggered)
What is the 2 classes of human behavior lead to
Mentalism (how our mind works and contents)
Reflexology (mechanisms of reflexive behavior)
Both are the foundation of modern studying of learning
Process of involuntary/reflexive behavior
1) stimuli detected by sense organ
2) information relayed to brain through nerves
3) the call for action sent through nerves to muscles to produce the involuntary response
What is voluntary behavior
-mind causes it
-happens independently from external stimulation
-mind is connected to the body by the pineal gland at the base of the brain
What are the two philosophical approaches to the study of the mind
Nativism
Empiricism
What is nativism
All humans are born with certain innate concepts that did not require experience
-mind doesn't function in a predictable manner
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