Learning theories

• What is operant conditioning?

  a type of learning in which coonect S-R bonds
• Factors of operant conditioning ?

  Trial and errors

  Manipulating behaviour to manipulate the environment

  Learning from demonstration
• example of operant conditioning

  Giving badges in gymnastics when a skill is achieved
• What is reinforcement ?

  Process that increases the probability of a behaviour occurring
• What this positive reinforcement ?

  Praise is given when desired response occurs
• What is negative reinforcement ?

  When praises isn't given when desired response occurs
• What is punishment ?

  Giving a stimulus to prevent a response from happening a
• What are Thorndike's Laws?

  Law of exercise

  Law of effect

  Law of readiness
• What is the law of exercise ?

  Repeating or rehearing the S-R bond with reinforcement
• Example of the law of effect ?

  Rugby player successes at a spin pass will most likely become a constant success
• What is law of effect ?

  If response if followed by a satisfier then S-R bonds are strengthens but if followed an annoyed S-R bonds are weakend
• Example of law of exercise ?

  Gymnast repeatedly practice the routine the S-R bonds are exercised meaning they are more likely a responce to a stimuli
• What is law of readiness ?

  Preformer must be physically and mentally able to complete the task
• Example of law of readiness

  Athlete that is eager to learn will more likely be receptive to learning
• What is cognitive learning theory ?

  Concerned with thinking and understanding rather than connecting stimuli to response
• What is Gestalt therapy?

  Learning as a whole rathe than in parts
• What is intervening variables ?

  Mental process that occurs between the stimulus and the response
• Factors of cognitive learning theory

  Leaner needs to know when, where and why to use the skill

  Must be able to draw on previous experiences and knowledge
• What is social learning theory ?

  Learning by copying others - significant others
• Order of social learning theories

  Demonstration

  Attention

  Retention

  Motor reproduction

  Motivation

  Matching performance
• What is attention ?

  Note important cues of demonstration
• What is retention ?

  Remembering the demonstration and being able to recall it
• What is motor reproduction?

  Attempting to copy the movement
• What is motivation ?


  Motivated to preform the skill