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| Thorndike's Connectionism |
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| The most fundamental type of learning involves the forming of associations between sensory experiences and neural impulses |
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| a response to a stimulus strengthens the connection |
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| if a response is not made to a stimulus then the connection's stength is weakened |
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- emphasizes the consequences of behavior; responses resulting in satisfying (rewarding) consequences are learned, responses producing annoying (punishing) consequences are not learned
- satisfiers allow organisms to adapt to environment
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| when one is prepared to act, to do so is rewarding and not to do so is punishing |
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