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A. Do you believe that learning is observable? Is it characterized by a change in behavior? Do you subscribe to this perspective on learning? Why or why not? Defend your position.
b. Do you believe that learning is thinking and/or a change in thinking? Do you subscribe to the cognitive-developmental view of learning? Why or why not? Defend your position.
c. Can these two views of learning be integrated into one view about learning? How?

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a. Yes, learning is observable. Observing a task being performed or attempted by someone else often accelerates human learning. The task to be performed must first be observed. For a human learner this mostly involves vision.

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a. Yes, learning is observable. Observing a task being performed or attempted by someone else often accelerates human learning. The task to be performed must first be observed. For a human learner this mostly involves vision. Creatures that can learn by observation have an important advantage over those who can't: The hard lessons learned by one individual can be readily copied by others. Infants can learn what foods to eat, what foods to avoid, what animals are dangerous predators, what animals are prey, and so on. By learning from the experience of others one may avoid repeating an experience that was unpleasant or repeating one that is!

Is observable learning characterized by a change in behavior? I don't believe so. There are so many other variables that could thwart observational learning. Observable learning is an addition to a current behavior. Can it cause change, ...

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