What is Behaviour Learning? How Do We Learn?

Learning is the process of getting knowledge to make sense and organise it. Children are one of the best places to see how people learn. In the first few years of life, children learn by imitating others.

For instance, he flinches in pain when his mother touches the hot stove, which makes it look like the stove is unsafe for him. It's so common that many kids copy this look on their faces.

Most of what they learn about how to walk, talk, and hold a fork or spoon comes from watching their parents or other adults who care for them.

In the same way, they learn that doing something over and over again is wrong or embarrassing. For instance, you could show a child that throwing his toy around all the time is wrong by limiting his play time or throwing the toy over and over again.

Learning behaviour isn't just something we see in people. Every day, our pets and we are both learning new things.

There is a way for cats to learn that you shouldn't touch their tails: they do things like run away or attack when you touch them. In the same way, when your cat does something bad, like ripping the curtains, it learns from your response that it shouldn't do that again.

Behaviourist Learning Theory also says that people learn by responding to a trigger and changing their behaviour.

Behaviourist learning theory also says that punishment and reaction are not the only ways that people learn. Along with this, a reward reaction can help to keep learning behaviour going.

To use the same example again, rubbing your cat's head makes it feel good, so you will more than likely choose to do it to show your cat how much you love them. Foods made as rewards for cats and dogs are also made for the same reason.

Behaviourist theory is not the only way to explain the idea of learning. Cognitive Learning Theory and Social Learning Theory both try to explain how learning happens, but they do so in different ways.

John Dewey came up with the idea that people learn by watching others. Social Learning Theory shows this idea. Cognitive Learning Theory supports the idea that our senses and minds help us learn.

There are two types of learning that the behaviourist learning theory explains: classical conditioning and operant conditioning.

People learn through classical conditioning, which happens naturally and without them being aware of it. We've all heard of Pavlov's dog experiment, which is one of the best examples of this type of training.

---