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* learning is a conditioned behavior
* Pavlov
- Classical conditioning: neutral stimulus becomes associated with a conditioned response
* Skinner
- Operant Conditioning: changing a behavior with a reinforcer/reward immediately following the production of a desired response

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* social interactions influence learning more than biological and cultural impacts
* Vygotsky - individuals learn on two levels
1. initially through social interactions with more competent persons.
2. gradually developing more self-directed learning as a result of teacher or peer guidance

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* learning involves the acquisition or reorganization of the cognitive structures through our ability to process and store information
* Jean Piaget: stages of cognitive development
1. Sensorimotor Period
2. Preoperational Period
3. Concrete Operational Period
4. Formal Operations Period

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*experience is primary means of human learning
* Maslow noted that human motivation is based on a hierarchy of needs
- physical/safety
- love/belonging
- esteem
- knowledge/understanding
- aesthetic
- self-actualization