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Thorndike, the most commonly cited connectionist, summed his ideas on learning into three laws of learning, which should have accounted for both human and animal learning:(([[http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~foreman/itec800/finalprojects/annie/thorndike%27slaw.html|Foreman, Kim. Learning Laws of Thorndike - brief overview.]] Retrieved June 24, 2011.)) | Thorndike, the most commonly cited connectionist, summed his ideas on learning into three laws of learning, which should have accounted for both human and animal learning:(([[http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~foreman/itec800/finalprojects/annie/thorndike%27slaw.html|Foreman, Kim. Learning Laws of Thorndike - brief overview.]] Retrieved June 24, 2011.)) | ||
- | ^ 1. Law of exercise | | + | ^ 1. Law of exercise | (Also referred to //as law of use// or //law of frequency//) States that stimulus-response (S-R) associations are strengthened through **repetition** or weakened through lack of repetition. | |
- | | (Also referred to //as law of use// or //law of frequency//) States that stimulus-response (S-R) associations are strengthened through **repetition** or weakened through lack of repetition. | | + | ^ 2. Law of effect | States that the consequence or **outcome** of a situation-response event **can strengthen or weaken** the **connection** between situation and response. If an event is followed by a positive reinforcing stimulus, the connection will be strengthened and vice versa. | |
- | ^ 2. Law of effect | | + | ^ 3. Law of readiness | Claims learning is facilitated by learner's readiness (emotional and motivational) to learn. This potential to learn leads to frustration if not satisfied. | |
- | | States that the consequence or **outcome** of a situation-response event **can strengthen or weaken** the **connection** between situation and response. If an event is followed by a positive reinforcing stimulus, the connection will be strengthened and vice versa. | | + | |
- | ^ 3. Law of readiness | | + | |
- | | Claims learning is facilitated by learner's readiness (emotional and motivational) to learn. This potential to learn leads to frustration if not satisfied. | | + | |
This laws have set the basic principles of behaviorist **stimulus-response learning**, which was according to Thorndike the key form of learning. | This laws have set the basic principles of behaviorist **stimulus-response learning**, which was according to Thorndike the key form of learning. |