Conceptual Approaches to Learning

Conceptual Approaches to Learning

Introduction

This paper is structured to understand the fundamental differences and similarities among three different types of learning approaches, which includes Cognitive, Behavioral and Neuroscience. In this paper, it is elucidated that how these learning approaches are related to the real-life learning of all human beings, and different approaches that emphasize the characteristics of human learning behavior.

Cognitive Learning Approach

Cognitive learning approach includes learning with creating a relationship between a couple of stimuli. Whereas, the learning results are generated not from externally impose stimuli, but the internal mental activity (Henning, Z. T. 2007). In this approach, the learner comprehends the information from environment into his knowledge, and kept in the mind. It usually happens, when the information is acquired from the external environment or existing knowledge is further manipulated with experience (Henning, Z. T. 2007). Thus, cognitive learning includes thinking, and person's active building of understanding. It is principally the unobservable change in the mental knowledge of human being.

For Example, Consider the example of watch television. A person can watch any content that could appeal him/her to imitate. However, each individual has a congenital capacity of attaining the content received, comprehend it and then analyze it that whether it is worth intimating or not. This is considerably the cognitive learning, which is associated with the mental comprehension of an individual.

Behavioral Learning Approach

This theory states that each of the organism born is this world has a blank behavior, however it develops with the passage of time. However, the behavioral learning is developed with the passage of time, and mainly domino effect of the atmospheric events. For this behavioral learning approach, various psychologists use the concept of reward, punishment and reinforcement to generate desired learning in any individual (Reed, C. S. 2012). The training of animals is entirely based ...