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= Chapter 3 =

Learning outcomes
==== **Explain** how three different perspectives (behaviourism, cognitive and sociocultural) each focus on learning in different ways and use different methods. ==== ==== **Recognize **  how the three perspectives can be seen as ‘coexisting’. ==== ==== **Differentiate ** between different kinds of evidence used by psychologists. ==== ==== **Indicate ** the relevance of learning theory and research to everyday life. ==== ==== **Illustrate ** how both experiments and observational studies have been used to investigate learning. ====

**Exam Q **

**2011**  **Evaluate** the sociocultural perspective’s **claim** that learning is related to the interpersonal, cultural, historical and institutional settings in which it occurs.

**2010** **Outline** the cognitive approach to learning and assess how it contributes to ourunderstanding of learning in general.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**2009** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> **Assess** the contribution of the sociocultural perspective to our understanding ofleaming.