What is learning? On the nature and merits of a functional definition of learning

被引：161

作者：

De Houwer, Jan ^{[1
]}

Barnes-Holmes, Dermot ^{[2
]}

Moors, Agnes ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Ghent, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium

[2] Natl Univ Ireland, Maynooth, Kildare, Ireland

来源：

PSYCHONOMIC BULLETIN & REVIEW | 2013年 / 20卷 / 04期

关键词：

Learning; Conditioning; Definition; PSYCHOLOGY; ATTENTION;

D O I：

10.3758/s13423-013-0386-3

中图分类号：

B841 [心理学研究方法];

学科分类号：

040201 ;

摘要：

Learning has been defined functionally as changes in behavior that result from experience or mechanistically as changes in the organism that result from experience. Both types of definitions are problematic. We define learning as ontogenetic adaptation-that is, as changes in the behavior of an organism that result from regularities in the environment of the organism. This functional definition not only solves the problems of other definitions, but also has important advantages for cognitive learning research.

引用

页码：631 / 642

页数：12

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