ABSTRACT
Learning is a change in behaviour as a result of prior experience. It does not include behaviour change caused by maturation or temporary conditions (e.g. drug effects or fatigue).
Learning may occur through associations being made between two or more phenomena. Two forms of such associative learning are recognized: classical conditioning and operant conditioning. Cognitive learning is a more complex process in which current perceptions are interpreted in the context of previous information in order to solve unfamiliar problems. Evidence that learning can also take place through the observation and imitation of others has led to the development of the observational learning theory.
