learning
n
1 knowledge gained by study; instruction or scholarship
2 the act of gaining knowledge
3 (Psychol) any relatively permanent change in behaviour that occurs as a direct result of experience
book-learning
n
1 knowledge gained from books rather than from direct personal experience
discrimination learning
n (Psychol) a learning process in which an organism learns to react differently to different stimuli
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generalization →
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distance learning
n a teaching system consisting of video, audio, and written material designed for a person to use in studying a subject at home
instrumental learning
n (Psychol) a method of training in which the reinforcement is made contingent on the occurrence of the response
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classical conditioning
latent learning
n (Psychol) learning mediated neither by reward nor by the expectation of reward
learning curve
n a graphical representation of progress in learning
I'm still only half way up the learning curve
machine learning
n a branch of artificial intelligence in which a computer generates rules underlying or based on raw data that has been fed into it
New Learning
n the classical and Biblical studies of Renaissance Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries
open learning
n a system of further education on a flexible part-time basis
operant learning
n (Psychol) another name for →
instrumental learning
programmed learning
n a teaching method in which the material to be learnt is broken down into easily understandable parts on which the pupil is able to test himself