Encyclopedia - Observational Learning: Encyclopedia - Observational Learning
Observational learning or social learning is learning that occurs as a function of observing, retaining and replicating behavior observed...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Observational Learning: Oceanography Dictionary - Observational Learning
  Definition and meaning of observational learning:   observational learning - a learning process where an animal learns...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bobo Doll Experiment: Encyclopedia Ii - Bobo Doll Experiment - Results
Those who saw the adult’s behaviour being reinforced for displaying aggressive behaviour performed significantly more imitative aggress...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conditioning: Encyclopedia - Conditioning
Conditioning is a psychological term for what Ivan Pavlov described as the learning of "conditional" behavior. Most psychologists believe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Curiosity: Encyclopedia - Curiosity
Curiosity is any natural inquisitive behaviour, evident by observation in many animal species, and is the emotional aspect of living bein...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Awareness Through Movement: Encyclopedia - Awareness Through Movement
Awareness Through Movement is the name Moshe Feldenkrais gave to a series of demonstrations he began to devise when some of his scientifi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedana: Encyclopedia - Vedana
Vedanā (Pāli word) meaning feeling or sensation.One of the five aggregates (khandha). Described by the Buddha as having both mental and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imitation: Encyclopedia - Imitation
Imitation is an advanced animal behaviour whereby an individual observes another's behaviour and replicates it itself. It has been argued...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pancanga: Encyclopedia - Pancanga
Pancanga (written as Panchanga often) is Hindu almanac, following traditional Vedic cosmology, and presents important astronomical data i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al-khidr: Encyclopedia - Al-khidr
Al-Khidr (Arabic: الخضر) or "the Green Man" has a disputed status amongst scholars; some say he's a Saint while others say he's a Pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bobo Doll Experiment: Encyclopedia Ii - Bobo Doll Experiment - Procedure
During the experiment, groups of children were shown a film where an adult (the Model in psychological terminology) acted violently towar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Learning: Encyclopedia Ii - Learning - Basic Learning Processes
Main article: Basic learning processes The most basic learning process is imitation, one's personal repetition of an observed process,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conditioning: Encyclopedia Ii - Conditioning - Operant Conditioning
See also: Operant conditioning Operant conditioning, also called "instrumental conditioning", involves the modification of behavior due ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conditioning: Encyclopedia Ii - Conditioning - Classical Conditioning
See also: Classical conditioning Classical conditioning--also called "Pavlovian conditioning" or "respondent conditioning"--involves lear...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agent Environment: Encyclopedia Ii - Agent Environment - Environments
Environments in which agents operate can be defined in different ways. It is helpful to view the following definitions as referring to th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cultural Behavior: Encyclopedia Ii - Cultural Behavior - Behaviour Shared Through Extragenetic Transmission
For a behaviour to be considered cultural it must be shared extragenetically; that is, it must be taught. If a trained dog is introduced ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Statistics: Encyclopedia Ii - Statistics - Statistical Methods
Statistics - Experimental and observational studies. A common goal for a statistical research project is to investigate causality, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montessori Method: Encyclopedia Ii - Montessori Method - Implementation
Montessori lessons work in a methodical way. Each step leads directly to a new level of learning or concept. When a child plays, he or sh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Statistics: Encyclopedia Ii - Statistics - Probability
Statistics makes extensive use of the concept of probability. The probability of an event is often defined as a number between one and ze...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Statistics: Encyclopedia Ii - Statistics - Software
Modern statistics is supported by computers to perform some of the very large and complex calculations required. Whole branches of statis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Statistics: Encyclopedia Ii - Statistics - Specialized Disciplines
Some sciences use applied statistics so extensively that they have specialized terminology. These disciplines include: Actuarial science...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montessori Method: Encyclopedia Ii - Montessori Method - Implementation
Montessori lessons work in a methodical way. Each step leads directly to a new level of learning or concept. When a child plays, he or sh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montessori Method: Encyclopedia Ii - Montessori Method - Implementation
Montessori lessons work in a methodical way. Each step leads directly to a new level of learning or concept. When a child plays, he or sh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Decision Tree: Encyclopedia Ii - Decision Tree - General
In machine learning, a decision tree is a predictive model; that is, a mapping of observations about an item to conclusions about the ite...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gravitational Time Dilation: Encyclopedia Ii - Gravitational Time Dilation - Definition
Background knowledge the reader may need to learn: What is a gravitational field? What is time dilation? What is spacetime? The reader ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artificial Neural Network: Encyclopedia Ii - Artificial Neural Network - Employing Artificial Neural Networks
Perhaps the greatest advantage of ANNs is their ability to be used as an arbitrary function approximation mechanism which 'learns' from o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artificial Neural Network: Encyclopedia Ii - Artificial Neural Network - Employing Artificial Neural Networks
Perhaps the greatest advantage of ANNs is their ability to be used as an arbitrary function approximation mechanism which 'learns' from o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthroposophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthroposophy - Relationship To Natural Science
Anthroposophy explicitly extends natural science's mandate - to study the world as external observers (a mandate which has been shaken by...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Modeling, Imitation: Social Studies Dictionary - Modeling, Imitation
Definition and meaning of Modeling   Modeling/Imitation - [Psychology] Modeling or imitation is one way people learn. Other ty...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Modeling, Imitation: Social Studies Dictionary - Modeling, Imitation
Definition and meaning of Modeling   Modeling/Imitation - [Psychology] Modeling or imitation is one way people learn. Other ty...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Usability: Encyclopedia Ii - Usability - Introduction
The primary notion of usability is that objects which are designed with their users' psychology and physiology in mind are, for example: ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Lecture - Other Forms
Many university courses relying on lectures supplement them with smaller discussion sections or laboratory experiment sessions as a means...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hyperpower: Encyclopedia Ii - Hyperpower - United States
As of 2004, the United States of America has a military budget larger than that of the next twenty nations combined. In cultural and econ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saul Lieberman: Encyclopedia Ii - Saul Lieberman - Personal Paradoxes
Although deeply involved in the Seminary, Lieberman was personally a traditionally observant Jew, who would not pray in a synagogue with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Instructional Design: Encyclopedia Ii - Instructional Design - History
Much of the foundation of the field of instructional design was laid in World War Two, when the U.S. military faced the need to rapidly t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Biofeedback: Natural Health Therapy Dictionary On Biofeedback
BIOFEEDBACK: A method of monitoring minute metabolic changes in one's own body with the aid of sensitive machines.   The techniq...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vailala Madness: Encyclopedia Ii - Vailala Madness - Source Of These Beliefs
The source of the model of organization incorporating drills, curfews and tea was most likely observed by the leaders of the movement whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gravitational Redshift: Encyclopedia Ii - Gravitational Redshift - Definition
Background knowledge the reader may need to learn: What is wavelength? What is frequency? What is the electromagnetic spectrum? Gravitati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gravitational Redshift: Encyclopedia Ii - Gravitational Redshift - Definition
Background knowledge the reader may need to learn: What is wavelength? What is frequency? What is the electromagnetic spectrum? Gravitati...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Behaviorism: Social Studies Dictionary - Behaviorism
Definition and meaning of Behaviorism   Behaviorism - [Psychology] Behaviorism was pioneered by John Watson, an American psych...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Behaviorism: Social Studies Dictionary - Behaviorism
Definition and meaning of Behaviorism   Behaviorism - [Psychology] Behaviorism was pioneered by John Watson, an American psych...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Early Childhood Teacher: Encyclopedia Ii - Early Childhood Teacher - The Many Roles Of The Early Childhood Teacher
Working with Children Working with young children challenges. It exists in varying forms. It requires intense knowledge, continual devel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dawn Prince-hughes: Encyclopedia Ii - Dawn Prince-hughes - Literary Works
In Songs of the Gorilla Nation Prince-Hughes describes how she learned techniques to manage her form of autism, Asperger's syndrome, from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Propaedeutic Value Of Esperanto: Encyclopedia Ii - Propaedeutic Value Of Esperanto - Language Teaching Introductory Effect
A simplified general learning experiment gives an analogy to the way studying Esperanto first may cut learning time later on with another...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neural Network: Encyclopedia Ii - Neural Network - Neural Networks And Neuroscience
Theoretical and computational neuroscience is the field concerned with the theoretical analysis and computational modeling of biological ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Technique: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Technique - Benefits
As a technique addressing the entirety of a person's activity, the Alexander Technique aims to benefit people of all sorts. Its proponent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Shadow Fairy Tale: Encyclopedia Ii - The Shadow Fairy Tale - Plot Synopsis
Once a learned man from the northern regions of Europe took a trip to Africa. One night, he sat on his terrace, while the fire behind him...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Murloc: Encyclopedia Ii - Murloc - Murloc History
Murloc history first and foremost is mostly uninteresting and unimportant since most of their own oral tradition is the repetition of unp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Belief - Belief Knowledge And Epistemology
Knowledge is often defined as justified true belief, in that the belief must be considered to correspond to reality and must be derived f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Belief - Belief, Knowledge And Epistemology
Knowledge is often defined as justified true belief, in that the belief must be considered to correspond to reality and must be derived f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - M7 Priest: Encyclopedia Ii - M7 Priest - History
Witnessing the events of the war, American observers realized that they would need a self-propelled artillery vehicle with sufficient fir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mirror Neuron: Encyclopedia Ii - Mirror Neuron - Introduction
In the monkey, mirror neurons are found in the inferior frontal cortex and inferior parietal cortex. These neurons are active when the mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Radical Behaviorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Radical Behaviorism - Acceptance Of Mental Life And Introspection
Radical Behaviorism differs from other forms of Behaviorism in that it treats everything we do as behavior, including private events such...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tapas: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Tapas
Tapas (Sanskrit) Warmth, fire, heat; abstraction, meditation. To perform tapas is to sit for contemplation or undergo some special obs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Language Acquisition: Encyclopedia Ii - Language Acquisition - Additional Arguments For Nativism
However, there exists emerging evidence of both innateness of language and the "Critical Period Hypothesis" from the deaf population of N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Language Acquisition: Encyclopedia Ii - Language Acquisition - Additional Arguments For Nativism
However, there exists emerging evidence of both innateness of language and the "Critical Period Hypothesis" from the deaf population of N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Color Blindness: Encyclopedia Ii - Color Blindness - Misconceptions & Compensations
Color blindness is not the swapping of colors in the observer's eyes. Grass is never red, stop signs never green. Distinguishing a Granny...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Outdoor Education: Encyclopedia Ii - Outdoor Education - Aims
Observers often misunderstand the nature of outdoor education. Whilst participants may learn how to canoe or rock climb they are not expe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artificial Neural Network: Encyclopedia Ii - Artificial Neural Network - Applications
The utility of artificial neural network models lies in the fact that they can be used to infer a function from observations. This is par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artificial Neural Network: Encyclopedia Ii - Artificial Neural Network - Applications
The utility of artificial neural network models lies in the fact that they can be used to infer a function from observations. This is par...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Science: Oceanography Dictionary - Science
  Definition and meaning of science:   science - a method of learning about the physical universe by applying the princi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sadharana Dharma: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Sadharana Dharma
A part of the varna dharma of each person is sadharana dharma- the principles of good conduct applicable to all people regardless of a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wine Gum: Encyclopedia Ii - Wine Gum - History
Wine gums were invented in 1909 in London by Charles Gordon Maynard, whose father, Charles Riley Maynard ran a sweet shop. Charles Riley ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Experience Curve Effects: Encyclopedia Ii - Experience Curve Effects - The Experience Curve Effect
The experience curve effect is broader in scope than the learning curve effect encompassing far more than just labour time. It states tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transcendental Argument For The Existence Of God: Encyclopedia Ii - Transcendental Argument For The Existence Of God - The Argument
The Transcendental Argument for the existence of God differs from the arguments offered by Aquinas who posits a God to avoid an infinite ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Online Poker: Encyclopedia Ii - Online Poker - Differences Between Online And Conventional Poker
There are substantial differences between online poker gaming and conventional, in-person gaming. One obvious difference is that players ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tenshinhan: Encyclopedia Ii - Tenshinhan - Special Abilities
Third eye Tien's third eye has numerous capabilities. Enhanced sight: Tien has significantly better vision than normal. This does, howev...   » Read the article

Dictionary - World Of Cause-awakened Ones: Buddhism Enlightenment Dictionary On World Of Cause-awakened Ones
World of cause-awakened ones (Jpn.: engaku-kai)   Also, realm of cause-awakened ones or world of realization. The eighth of the T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Simulation: Encyclopedia Ii - Simulation - Simulation In Education
Simulations in education are somewhat like training simulations. They focus on specific tasks. In the past,video has been used for teache...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Simulation: Encyclopedia Ii - Simulation - Simulation In Education
Simulations in education are somewhat like training simulations. They focus on specific tasks. In the past,video has been used for teache...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isane Kotetsu: Encyclopedia Ii - Isane Kotetsu - Character Outline
Isane wears her silver-purple hair short with some long loose strands and beads. She wears the standard shinigami uniform. She appears to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Giver: Encyclopedia Ii - The Giver - Themes
Color represents diversity and a depth of feeling beyond that which the majority of society enjoys. In The Giver, however, objects do not...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Monks: Encyclopedia Ii - History Monks - The Role Of The Order
The Order first appears in Small Gods where they are described as having the responsibility of observing significant events so that they ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Second Happy Time: Encyclopedia Ii - Second Happy Time - Background
When Hitler declared war against the United States on December 11, 1941, that country was in a fortunate position. Where the other combat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Gregory I: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Gregory I - Works
Gregory is the only pope between the 5th and the 11th centuries whose correspondence and writings have survived enough to form a comprehe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baldwin I Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Baldwin I Of Constantinople - Latin Emperor
The imperial crown was offered to, and refused by, Enrico Dandolo, Doge of Venice. The choice then lay between Baldwin and Boniface of Mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Advocacy Journalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Advocacy Journalism - Perspectives From Advocacy Journalists
One writer for the " alternative" journalism collaborative, the Independent Media Center, writes the following in a call to action: Clas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kammerlader: Encyclopedia Ii - Kammerlader - Development
In the early 1800s, the Norwegian Army decided that the nature of warfare was changing away from the massed ranks firing in volleys towar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Educational Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Educational Psychology - Research Methods
The research methods used in educational psychology tend to be drawn from psychology and other social sciences. There is also a history o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Educational Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Educational Psychology - History Of Educational Psychology
Educational psychology cannot claim priority in the systematic analysis of educational processes. Philosophers of education such as Democ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Eutony: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Eutony
EUTONY Derived from eu, meaning good, and tonus meaning tone or tension, eutony was developed by Gerda Alexander of Germany (1908̵...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ignaz Semmelweis: Encyclopedia Ii - Ignaz Semmelweis - Rejection By The Medical Establishment
Despite this dramatic result, Semmelweis refused to communicate his method officially to the learned circles of Vienna, nor was he eager ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Five Enneagram: Encyclopedia Ii - Five Enneagram - Basic Description
Believing they are only worth what they contribute, Fives have learned to withdraw, to watch with keen eyes and speak only when they can ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adrishta: Theosophy Dictionary On Adrishta
Adrishta (Sanskrit) (from a not + the verbal root dris to see, learn, perceive with the mind or intuition)   Unseen, unforeseen, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agent Environment: Encyclopedia Ii - Agent Environment - Agents
To be considered a bonafide agent, an agent (software, hardware or otherwise) must exhibit the behavioural qualities of agenthood. Essent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artemas Ward: Encyclopedia Ii - Artemas Ward - The Army Of Observation
Following Lexington on April 19, 1775 the rebels followed the British back to Boston and started the siege of the city. At first Ward dir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lithuanian Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Lithuanian Jews - Identified With Vilna Gaon
Religious observances owe greatly to Elijah ben Solomon Kramer, the Vilna Gaon who lived in Lithuania's greatest city Vilna. His style of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Software Documentation: Encyclopedia Ii - Software Documentation - Marketing Documentation
On the flip side of trade study docs, for many applications it is necessary to have some promotional materials to encourage casual observ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mew Pokémon: Encyclopedia Ii - Mew Pokémon - Biology
Mew appears as a feline-esque, floating sprite. To the casual observer it appears hairless, but when viewed through a microscope its 'ski...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mew Pokémon: Encyclopedia Ii - Mew Pokémon - Biology
Mew appears as a feline-esque, floating sprite. To the casual observer it appears hairless, but when viewed through a microscope its 'ski...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sniper: Encyclopedia Ii - Sniper - Sniper Training
Good training is essential to provide a sniper with the skills needed to perform well. Military sniper training aims to teach a high degr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sniper: Encyclopedia Ii - Sniper - Sniper Training
Good training is essential to provide a sniper with the skills needed to perform well. Military sniper training aims to teach a high degr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Field Interviews: Social Studies Dictionary - Field Interviews
Definition and meaning of Field Interviews   Field Interviews - [World Geography] Primary sources of information, especially t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Field Interviews: Social Studies Dictionary - Field Interviews
Definition and meaning of Field Interviews   Field Interviews - [World Geography] Primary sources of information, especially t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - M1 Carbine: Encyclopedia Ii - M1 Carbine - History
The US Army's M1 Garand rifle was originally developed to chamber a light .276 round, but this design feature was cancelled in the early ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Magic: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Magic
Magic. The great "Science". According to Deveria and other Orientalists, "magic was considered as a sacred science inse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adult Attention-deficit Disorder: Encyclopedia Ii - Adult Attention-deficit Disorder - History
The conditions currently termed under the ADHD designation have only become recognized in the past 100 years, and were first recognized i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Cooling: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Cooling - The Present Level Of Knowledge
Thirty years later, the global warming is seen to have continued. The concern that the cooler temperatures would continue, and perhaps at...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Faq Dictionary: Do Animals Dream?
Dream FAQ Dictionary: Do animals dream?   Do animals dream? The answer to that isn’t known. Animals are observed to have...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Exposed: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Children And Dreams - Being Exposed
Exposed : Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Children and Dreams - Being Exposed   Being Exposed Children, like adults, sometim...   » Read the article