Learning encompasses various methods through which individuals acquire new behaviors or knowledge, often resulting from experience. Social or observational learning is a process where individuals mimic behaviors they observe in others, a concept popularized by Albert Bandura through his Bobo Doll experiment.
Partial Reinforcement - reinforcement for every occurence of the targeted behaviour
Continuous Reinforcement - reinforcement that is occasional or intermittent
Operant Conditioning requires a schedule
Schedule:
Fixed-Ratio
Variable- Ratio
Fixed Interval
Variable Interval
Skinners pigeons and rats
Learning Definition:
A relatively permanent change in behaviour or knowledge that occurs through experience