Psychology of Learning

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, student will be able to: Explain the concept of classical conditioning, operant conditioning and observational learning; Analyze the phenomena of learning according to the concept of classical conditioning, operant conditioning and observational learning; Apply the the concept of classical conditioning, operant conditioning and observational learning

Topics

1. Introduction
2. Research Method
3. Elicited Behavior, Habituation, and Sensitization
4. Classical Conditioning: Foundations
5. Classical Conditioning : Mechanisms
6. Operant Conditioning : Introduction
7. Operant Conditioning : Schedule and Theories of Reinforcement
8. Aversive control: avoidance and Punishment
9. Biological Dispositions in Learning
10. Observational Learning, Language, and Rule-Governed Behavior