Advanced Placement Psychology studying behavior and mental processes.
Learning in psychology means a lasting change in behavior due to experience. There are two main ways we learn: classical conditioning and operant conditioning.
This is about learning by association. If you hear a bell every time you eat lunch, soon the bell alone might make you hungry.
Here, behavior is shaped by rewards and punishments. Do your homework and get praise—you’re more likely to do it again!
We also learn by watching others. If your friend gets in trouble for texting in class, you might not do it yourself.
Marketers use these principles to get us to buy things, and teachers use them to create better learning environments.
A dog salivates when it hears a can opener because it means food is coming.
A student studies harder after getting a good grade on a previous test.
Learning happens through association, consequences, and observation.