Advanced Placement Psychology studying behavior and mental processes.
Learning is a lasting change in behavior or knowledge due to experience. Conditioning is a key way we learn new things.
We associate two stimuli, like Pavlov's dogs salivating at a bell.
Behavior is shaped by rewards and punishments (think of training a pet).
We can learn by watching others, not just through direct experience.
Understanding learning helps in education, therapy, sports, and even advertising.
A student studies harder after getting praise for a good grade.
A child learns to say 'please' by watching their parents.
Learning involves changes in behavior through experience, rewards, and observation.