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learning_theories:sign_learning [2011/08/26 16:09]
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 According to Tolman, learning occurs as learners **following signs** (stimuli) **to a goal**. Learning was about finding a way and **meanings instead of reproducing behaviors**. Organisms learn behavior route and relations rather than behavior patterns. There is no need for reinforcement when speaking about learning since the behavior is driven by a meaning. According to Tolman, learning occurs as learners **following signs** (stimuli) **to a goal**. Learning was about finding a way and **meanings instead of reproducing behaviors**. Organisms learn behavior route and relations rather than behavior patterns. There is no need for reinforcement when speaking about learning since the behavior is driven by a meaning.
  
-In the end Tolman, influenced by Guthrie, Freud and reinforcement theorists, concluded there are **six forms of learning**, each with its own characteristics:​(([[http://​fac.hsu.edu/​ahmada/​3%20Courses/​2%20Learning/​Learning%20Notes/​9%20Tolman.pdf|Ahmad,​ Aneeq. Principles of Learning. Chapter 12: Edward C. Tolman.]] Retrieved August 24, 2011.))(([[http://​books.google.hr/​books?​id=QTwOAAAAQAAJ&​pg=PA142&​lpg=PA142&​dq=Sign+Learning++Field+Cognition+Modes&​source=bl&​ots=yEGFOzBqbm&​sig=bwNS5ZInKDEPBNGBw3ek0mXHp0g&​hl=hr&​ei=EwF1TaC8NdOzhAe_5YlO&​sa=X&​oi=book_result&​ct=result&​resnum=2&​ved=0CCgQ6AEwAQ#​v=onepage&​q=Sign%20Learning%20%20Field%20Cognition%20Modes&​f=false|Hill, Winfred Farrington. Learning: a survey of psychological interpretations. Taylor & Francis, 1980.]]))+In the end Tolman, influenced by Guthrie, Freud and reinforcement theorists, concluded there are **six forms of learning**, each with its own characteristics:​(([[http://​fac.hsu.edu/​ahmada/​3%20Courses/​2%20Learning/​Learning%20Notes/​9%20Tolman.pdf|Ahmad,​ Aneeq. Principles of Learning. Chapter 12: Edward C. Tolman.]] Retrieved August 24, 2011.))(([[http://​books.google.com/​books?​id=QTwOAAAAQAAJ|Hill,​ Winfred Farrington. Learning: a survey of psychological interpretations. Taylor & Francis, 1980.]]))
  
   * **Cathexis**((Term taken from Freud'​s psychoanalytic theory of motivation)) - learned tendency to **associate certain objects with certain drives**. In example, vegans tend to satisfy their hunger with non-animal products (positive cathexis), and not meat (negative cathexis).   * **Cathexis**((Term taken from Freud'​s psychoanalytic theory of motivation)) - learned tendency to **associate certain objects with certain drives**. In example, vegans tend to satisfy their hunger with non-animal products (positive cathexis), and not meat (negative cathexis).
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