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learning_theories:connectionism [2011/02/28 13:13]
jpetrovic [What is the practical meaning of connectivism?]
learning_theories:connectionism [2011/02/28 14:34]
jpetrovic [Keywords and most important names]
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   * Simple additive rules are sufficient to predict complex ideas   * Simple additive rules are sufficient to predict complex ideas
    
-But connectionism **expands** this **ideas of associationism** by introducing ideas like [[:​glossary#​distributed_representations|distributed representations]] or supervised learning(([[http://​citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/​viewdoc/​download?​doi=10.1.1.86.7504&​rep=rep1&​type=pdf|Medler,​ David A. A Brief History of Connectionism. Neural Computing Surveys, 1(2), p18-72. 1998.]])) and should not be confused with associationism. Although he is considered one of the first true connectionist,​ Edward Thorndike also made the move towards behaviorist ideas.+But connectionism **expands** this **ideas of associationism** by introducing ideas like [[:​glossary#​distributed_representations|distributed representations]] or supervised learning(([[http://​citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/​viewdoc/​download?​doi=10.1.1.86.7504&​rep=rep1&​type=pdf|Medler,​ David A. A Brief History of Connectionism. Neural Computing Surveys, 1(2), p18-72. 1998.]])) and should not be confused with associationism.
  
 [[http://​historyofpsych.blogspot.com/​2010/​01/​american-behaviorism.html|{{ ​ images:​thorndikes_cat.jpg|Thorndike'​s cat experiment. Image borrowed from: History of Psychology: American Behaviorism. Click on the picture to follow the link.  }}]] [[http://​historyofpsych.blogspot.com/​2010/​01/​american-behaviorism.html|{{ ​ images:​thorndikes_cat.jpg|Thorndike'​s cat experiment. Image borrowed from: History of Psychology: American Behaviorism. Click on the picture to follow the link.  }}]]
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 ===== Keywords and most important names ===== ===== Keywords and most important names =====
  
-  * **Connectionism**,​ **stimulus-response**,​ **S-R**, **networks of simple units**, **associationism**,​ **supervised learning**, **law of exercise or use or frequency**,​ **law of effect**, **incremental learning**, **trial and error**+  * **Connectionism**,​ **stimulus-response**,​ **S-R**, **networks of simple units**, **associationism**,​ **supervised learning**, **law of exercise or use or frequency**,​ **law of effect**, **incremental learning**, **trial and error**
   * [[http://​www.mnsu.edu/​emuseum/​information/​biography/​pqrst/​spencer_herbert.html|Herbert Spencer]], [[http://​plato.stanford.edu/​entries/​james/​|William James]], [[http://​www.muskingum.edu/​~psych/​psycweb/​history/​thorndike.htm|Edward Thorndike]]   * [[http://​www.mnsu.edu/​emuseum/​information/​biography/​pqrst/​spencer_herbert.html|Herbert Spencer]], [[http://​plato.stanford.edu/​entries/​james/​|William James]], [[http://​www.muskingum.edu/​~psych/​psycweb/​history/​thorndike.htm|Edward Thorndike]]
 ===== Criticisms ===== ===== Criticisms =====
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 [[http://​www.muskingum.edu/​~psych/​psycweb/​history/​thorndike.htm|Reinemeyer,​ E. Edward Lee Thorndike. Muskingum University. May 1999.]] [[http://​www.muskingum.edu/​~psych/​psycweb/​history/​thorndike.htm|Reinemeyer,​ E. Edward Lee Thorndike. Muskingum University. May 1999.]]
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-[[http://​citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/​viewdoc/​download?​doi=10.1.1.86.7504&​rep=rep1&​type=pdf|Medler,​ David A. A Brief History of Connectionism. Neural Computing Surveys, 1(2), p18-72. 1998.]] 
  
 Zimmerman, Barry J. and Schunk, Dale H. Educational psychology: a century of contributions. Routledge, 2003. Zimmerman, Barry J. and Schunk, Dale H. Educational psychology: a century of contributions. Routledge, 2003.
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