Psychology › Section F · Learning › Topic F.1
What is learning?
A newborn already knows how to grip, suck and blink, but almost everything else it will ever do has to be acquired. This topic sets out what psychologists mean by learning, how it differs from behaviour we are born with, and the three main routes by which experience changes what we do.
In this topic
- Born knowing versus finding out
- Reflexes
- Instincts
- What counts as learning
- The simplest learning: habituation
- Associative learning
- Three routes to learning
- Worked example: sorting six behaviours
- Worked example: is it learning?
- Behaviourism and the return of the mind
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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