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None Provided33 The learning perspective what is it? This is the study of how exactly a person is effected through what they learn on a daily basis. Through family, their surroundings and behavior. The people who believe this line of thinking are called behaviorists. Many people look at the learning perspective in a suspiciouse manner not believeing or trusting any of the experiments. But there are many contributions and many limitations of the learning perspective. In the list of the contributions you will find all different types of positive aspects from the learning perspective. One is “ The recognition that we all influence others and in turn are influenced by others everyday of our lives whether we know it or not.” This is so true because everyone has role models and people they look up to whether they like it or not. This is a big part of a social learning because it is another person affects everyone whether it is something they are willing to admit to or not. People are constantly manipulating their environment whether it is something meant to be done or something just done. The second contribution is “The understanding that merely naming a behavior does not explain it” Just calling some one some type o labeled name does not explain their actions because you call them lazy but what really are they and why and calling a person an alcoholic why not just say they drink too much and can’t stop. In this manner a learning approach gets rid of that circle pattern of thinking and tries to self defeat these behaviors. The third contribution is “A wide range of practical applications” you can apply the learning perspective to an everyday life. Whether at home at school at the work place anywhere. To adjust these life styles you can use something like goals by setting a specific goal, that is challenging but achievable, and in terms of what you want not avoiding what you don’t want. This helps people to learn to change bad habits and take better care of themselves. The limitations are few but important. The first limitation that is listed is “Environmental Reductionism”. This is the thought process that with the learning perspective anyone can be shaped in any type of environment. Another limitation is “The error of assuming that if something is learned it can easily be changed.” This is really nott he case though. When a person is influenced by genetics then those behaviors may be changed slowly, but when a person is taught something over and over again and it is learned then this is almost impossible to change. For example when a person has an eating disorder like bulimia where they throw up every time they eat then eventually this will become a learned behavior. From this learned behavior a person even if they want to stop what they are doing have taught themselves s to be sick every time they eat. So the throwing up will be a difficult action to stop. The last limitation that is in the learning perspective is the “Oversimplification in applying learning techniques”. When people try to teach a learning perspective or apply to an everyday lifestyle then it becomes oversimplified to those who may not understand it. The rewards process is usually misapplied given out for the wrong things. A reward should only be given out for a behavior that is trying to be increased. The learning perspective is something that can be used in an everyday life and is by doctor’s parents and teachers. People use it with out even realizing it most of the time. This is why when people say they disagree with it they usually don’t because in all actuality they probably use it with their kids in teaching them the wrongs and the rights. Bibliography:

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