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learning_theories:connectionism [2011/06/29 13:41]
jpetrovic [What is connectionism?]
learning_theories:connectionism [2011/06/29 13:42]
jpetrovic [General]
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-Connectionism,​ today defined as an approach in the fields of artificial intelligence,​ cognitive psychology, cognitive science and philosophy of mind which models mental or behavioral phenomena with networks of simple units(([[http://​www.wordiq.com/​definition/​Connectionism|wordiQ:​ Connectionism - Definition]])),​ is not a theory in frames of [[learning_paradigms:​behaviorism]],​ but it **preceded** and **influenced behaviorist school**. ​Although the origins of connectionism date back to Greek philosopher Aristotele, who claimed that memory is composed of simple elements connected in a variety ​of ways(([[http://​books.google.hr/​books?​id=u6j6HTS-rVQC&pg=PA47&​dq=J.+A.+Anderson,​+A.+Pellionisz+and+Rosenfeld,​+E.+Neurocomputing+2&​hl=hr&​ei=G6drTezgJMO58gPTv-nyBw&​sa=X&​oi=book_result&​ct=result&​resnum=1&​ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#​v=onepage&​q&​f=false|J. ​A. AndersonA. Pellionisz ​and Rosenfeld, ENeurocomputing 2MIT Press, Cambridge, MA1990.]])), ​in this article we refer to Thorndike's connectionism.+Connectionism,​ today defined as an approach in the fields of artificial intelligence,​ cognitive psychology, cognitive science and philosophy of mind which models mental or behavioral phenomena with networks of simple units(([[http://​www.wordiq.com/​definition/​Connectionism|wordiQ:​ Connectionism - Definition]])),​ is not a theory in frames of [[learning_paradigms:​behaviorism]],​ but it **preceded** and **influenced behaviorist school**. ​Connectionism represents psychology'​s first comprehensive theory ​of learning(([[http://​books.google.hr/​books?​id=bqo5A2nBwHYC&printsec=frontcover#​v=onepage&​q&​f=false|Zimmerman, Barry J., and Dale HSchunkEducational psychology: a century of contributions. Routledge2003.]])). It was introduced by [[http://​www.mnsu.edu/​emuseum/​information/​biography/​pqrst/​spencer_herbert.html|Herbert Spencer]][[http://​plato.stanford.edu/​entries/​james/​|William James]] and his student [[http://​www.muskingum.edu/​~psych/​psycweb/​history/​thorndike.htm|Edward ​Thorndike]] in the very beginning of the 20th century although its roots date way back.
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