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Introduction
Learning can be defined as "a relatively permanent change of behavior, as a result of
experience" (Feldman, 1997, p.163). Almost everything we do or think in our lives is something we have learned. During infancy, we learn hundreds of new things a day, starting with the basics (e.g., touching the oven has painful consequences) and reaching a wide variety of more complex behaviors; and we continue learning into adulthood and throughout our lives.
Psychologists have long wondered how and why we learn, but have not agreed on the exact answer. Consequently, several theories of learning exist. In this section, we will discuss classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and a few other methods of learning.
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