Verbal Learning

• Verbal Learning


  -       this kind of learning is distinctly human

  -       involves the use of words, either as stimuli or responses

  some forms of linguistic abilities like speaking, reading, writing, and reciting are involved in verbal learning
• Social-Anticipation Learning


  -       the first item in a list serves as a stimulus to the second serves as stimulus to the next

  -       thus, the first and last items in the list are better remembered than the middle item

  -       called as the serial position effect
• Free-Recall Learning


  -       involves the organization of the verbal materials like groupings of vegetables and fruits

  -       items when grouped according to categories are easier learned and in free recall, the learned items can be reproduced in any order
• Paired Associate Learning


  -       this kind of learning involves establishing a relationship between the two elements

         -       where one element serves as a stimulus to the other which is the response