Associative Learning

A type of learning in which the organism learns that two events — a stimulus followed by another stimulus, a stimulus followed by a response, or a response followed by a stimulus — occur together in time (are associated temporally).

Some subtypes of associative learning (described in the textbook) are classical conditioning, operant conditioning (instrumental learning), observational learning, and vicarious conditioning.

See: classical conditiong
See: instrumental learning
See: latent learning
See: observational learning
See: operant conditioning
See: vicarious conditioning