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--- learning_theories:connectionism [2011/02/11 15:13]
jpetrovic [What is connectionism?]
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jpetrovic [Criticisms]
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 ===== Criticisms =====
-Thorndike tried to prove that all forms of thoughts and behaviors can be explained through repetition and reward, without need for introducing any unobservable internal states, yet this is **today** generally **considered incorrect**. Connectionism was in the first decades of 20th century succeeded by [[learning_paradigms:behaviorism]], but Thorndike's experiments also inspired [[learning_theories:gestalt_psychology|gestalt psychology]].
+Thorndike tried to prove that all forms of thoughts and behaviors can be explained through S-R relations with use of repetition and reward, without need for introducing any unobservable internal states, yet this is **today** generally **considered incorrect**. This //learning through response// was later in 20th century replaced by //learning as knowledge construction//. Connectionism was in the first decades of 20th century succeeded by [[learning_paradigms:behaviorism]], but Thorndike's experiments also inspired [[learning_theories:gestalt_psychology|gestalt psychology]].

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