Cognitive versus stimulus-response theories of learning

Some Remarks on Stimulus-response Theories of Language Learning

Optimal Properties of Stimulus-Response Learning Models

We consider stimulus-response models of learning: an agent chooses an action with a probability, which is increasing in the payo® that has been associated to that action in past periods. A procedure is a speci ̄c way of making this association. We say that a procedure is optimal if the sequence of choices it generates converges to the action that maximizes the expected payo®. Which procedures ar...

Application of Learning Theories in Clinical Education

Introduction: The purpose of education is learning. Several theories have been raised about learning, which have tried to explain how learning occurs. They help teachers to choose teaching methods, prepare learning environment and determine students' activities. Given the importance of learning theories in education, this study aimed to review application of learning theories in nursing educati...

Investigating the Cognitive Theories of Career Development

Objective: There are several theories proposed on the career development and researchers have classified these theories in different categories. Career-related cognitive theory is one of the latest categories including two theories: social cognitive theory of career development and cognitive information processing. The current study seeks to compare these two cognitive theories of career develo...

Stress modulates the use of spatial versus stimulus-response learning strategies in humans.

Animal studies provided evidence that stress modulates multiple memory systems, favoring caudate nucleus-based "habit" memory over hippocampus-based "cognitive" memory. However, effects of stress on learning strategy and memory consolidation were not differentiated. We specifically address the effects of psychosocial stress on the applied learning strategy in humans. We designed a spatial learn...