Links to Learning Theory Sites

Learning Theory
How did we learn to do all those things we can do now, but once could not?

Last Updated: March 15, 2007

Animal Training at Sea World — How Sea World trainers apply operant conditioning principles to train performing animals. Primary and conditioned (secondary) reinforcers, shaping, and observational learning are among the principles that are discussed on the How Animals Learn page.

Albert Bandura — Dr. C. George Boeree, at Shippensburg University, provides a short biography of Albert Bandura, describes some of the early research in social learning theory and defines many of the key terms and concepts.

The Behavioral Approach — A basic introduction to operant conditioning with a focus on the school setting.

B. F. Skinner's Operant Conditioning — A brief summary of operant conditioning.

Classical Conditioning

The Cognitive Approach

Cognitive Psychology

Contingencies R US - Paul Brandon's page with links to behavioral analysis sites. Currently experiencing difficulties.

Dr. P's - Dog Training — If it is dog training that interests you, Dr. Mark Plonsky, at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point is your man. You will find information on obedience competition, K9 training, assistance dogs, a variety of types of working dogs, and lots of general information.

Factors Determining the Effectiveness of Classical Conditioning — The effects of timing of the presentation of the conditioned and unconditioned stimuli, the extent to which the CS predicts the US, overshadowing, and blocking are examined. The intricacies of the associations that are learned are also discussed. A fairly technical discussion.

Features of Operant Conditioning — The information is very good, but the dark type on dark background makes it very difficult to read. TIP: Print the pages or highlight the material as if you were going to copy and paste it to make it easier to read.

Judy's Rat — Oh, No! Has Rattie died? Nope, she is back. And, now, she is hot! Too hot for TCC students to have access to, thatsfursure!!
Learning-Theories.com — This site provides "A resource on learning theories for educational psychology, cognitive science, human-computer interaction, instructional design, and other related fields." For a glimpse at the breadth of learning theories and applications of learning theory the Index of Learning Theories and Models is a good place to start.
Learning Theories - Funderstanding
Train Fuzzy — Use operant conditioning procedures to train a fuzzy space alien to run or wiggle. One of many great demo and informational pages at Gary Bradshaw's new e.psych site. Currently experiencing difficulties.
Negative Reinforcement University — NRU is an interactive environment for the study of negative reinforcement, one of the more challenging concepts to teach and learn in Psychology. Available as either a web site (you will need the free Shockwave, below ) or as an Adobe Acrobat document (you will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader, below).
Observational Learning — A brief summary of Bandura's Observational Learning Theory.
Operant Conditioning and Behaviorism — An historical outline that begins with Thorndike's trial-and-error learning, and introduces Pavlov's classical conditioning and Skinner's operant conditioning.
Positive Reinforcement — Lyle K. Grant, at Athabasca University, has developed this tutorial to help students understand what constitutes, and what does not constitute, positive reinforcement. Be sure you understand the illustrative examples before you begin the practice exercise.
Vygotsky's Social Development Theory — A brief summary of Vygotshy's theory.
Vygotsky and Social Cognition — A brief summary of Vygotshy's theory.

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