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learning_theories:connectionism [2011/06/29 16:08]
jpetrovic [What is the practical meaning of connectivism?]
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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**. 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 H. Schunk. Educational psychology: a century of contributions. Routledge, 2003.]])). 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.+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 ​of thought. 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 H. Schunk. Educational psychology: a century of contributions. Routledge, 2003.]])). 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.
 ===== What is connectionism?​ ===== ===== What is connectionism?​ =====
  
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