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FButt

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on: Jun 20, 2018
Define learning from a cognitive perspective, and explain how the definition differs from the way learning is defined from a behaviorist perspective.
 
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Question 2

Reinforcing successive approximations of a desired behavior is referred to as:
 
  a. satiation.
  b. discrimination.
  c. generalization.
  d. shaping.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

From a cognitive perspective, learning is a change in individuals' thinking and the processes involved in acquiring, storing, and using knowledge. For a behaviorist, learning is an enduring change in observable behavior as a result of experience with the environment.

Answer to Question 2

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