According to behaviorists and neobehaviorists, the ultimate purpose of research on learning was to understand __________.
a. the building blocks of conscious experience
b. the acquisition of behavior by conditioning
c. performance, rather than learning
d. memory, rather than cognition
Question 2
Which of the following does NOT challenge a pure behaviorist perspective?
a. demonstrated effects of attention
b. the role of vigilance in a skilled performance task
c. language
d. incorporating Pavlov's work on classical conditioning
Operant conditioning, also known as trial-and-error learning.
Brain scans showing the white-matter pathways involved in everyday learning:
Age and Grammatical Knowledge The challenge of learning a second language rises with age. Source: J
Controlled Scientific Experiments Scientists use experimental research to test hypotheses
A sample of work by a Grade 4 student with a specific learning disorder
Operations Research