informal learning experience
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Write a 750 word paper describing a single, informal learning experience that someone could have.
You may describe, for example, how someone could become afraid of heights, why a particular food or smell moves him/her emotionally, or why he/she dislikes elevators. The experience must be concrete and can be a singular experience or an experience that occurs over a long period.
Describe the experience by applying learning theories to the steps involved in the learning experience. You are going to look at the experience from different learning perspective-classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational learning. Be sure to include the following in your paper:
Describe how what was learned could have occurred through classical conditioning. Identify the unconditioned stimulus, the unconditioned response, the conditioned stimulus, and the conditioned response.
Explain how what was learned could have occurred through operant conditioning. Describe the behavior, consequence, and reinforcement. Indicate the schedule of reinforcement, if applicable.
Address how the learned experience could have occurred through observational learning.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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When Mary was a little kid, she was poisoned when eating rice. Since then when she takes Rice, she vomits it due to the allergy caused by consuming the rice. The smell of rice since then moves her emotionally. Consequently, there are many learning theories that explain this particular behavior. Classical conditioning theory provides pragmatic explanations to the behavior of Mary. According to classical conditioning, a person learns a new behavior through a process of association………………..
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