Learning can be referred as the way of acquiring information
and that organisms acquire information only by reinforcing them. However, I disagree.
I believe that much learning can occur without reinforcement. In fact I believe
that the majority of our learning occurs without reinforcement. There is an
idea called latent learning. In latent learning one learns
but the information becomes unconscious. However, when this information is
needed, it stops being hidden and becomes conscious to us. Tolman’s experiment about
rats displays this clearly showing how rats can learn about their surroundings
without being reinforced. I also believe that we learn a lot through observational learning through the act
of imitating. Through this way of learning many humans learn to speak, eat, and
play by observing their parents. Today media is part of our everyday life. In
the media we experience violence. I
believe that these scenes of violence adapt us to a violent environment shaping
how we can act towards a certain situation. This is how I believe we learn
through cognitive factors.
Tolman's experiment on latent learning
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