| incidental learning | Learning without a direct attempt. Synonym: passive learning. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| incidental | 1. Small and relatively unimportant, minor. 2. Accompanying, but not a major part of something. 3. (to something) liable to occur because of something or in connection with something (said of risks, responsibilities) (18 Nov 1997) |
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| incidental colour | An obsolete term for a colour impression that remains after removal of the source. See: afterimage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incidental parasite | A parasite that normally lives on a host other than its present host. (05 Mar 2000) |
| association learning | The principle that items experienced together enter into a connection, so that one tends to reinstate the other. (12 Dec 1998) |
| avoidance learning | A response to a cue that is instrumental in avoiding a noxious experience. (12 Dec 1998) |
| machine learning | This is the study of how to create computers that will learn from experience and modify their activity based on that learning (as opposed to traditional computers whose activity will not change unless the programmer explicitly changes it). This discipline is a sub-set of Artificial Intelligence. (09 Oct 1997) |
| paired-associate learning | Learning in which the subject must respond with one word or syllable when presented with another word or syllable. (12 Dec 1998) |
| verbal learning | Learning to respond verbally to a verbal stimulus cue. (12 Dec 1998) |
| maze learning | Learning the correct route through a maze to obtain reinforcement. It is used for human or animal populations. (12 Dec 1998) |
| passive learning | Learning without a direct attempt. Synonym: passive learning. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reversal learning | Any situation where an animal or human is trained to respond differentially to two stimuli (e.g., approach and avoidance) under reward and punishment conditions and subsequently trained under reversed reward values (i.e., the approach which was previously rewarded is punished and vice versa). (12 Dec 1998) |
| rote learning | The learning of arbitrary relationships, usually by repetition of the learning procedure through memorization and without an understanding of the relationships. (05 Mar 2000) |
| complex learning processes | Those process's that require the use of symbolic manipulations, as in reasoning. (05 Mar 2000) |
| probability learning | Usually refers to the use of mathematical models in the prediction of learning to perform tasks based on the theory of probability applied to responses; it may also refer to the frequency of occurrence of the responses observed in the particular study. (12 Dec 1998) |
| problem-based learning | Instructional use of examples or cases to teach using problem-solving skills and critical thinking. (12 Dec 1998) |