AP Psychology / Unit 3: Development and Learning
3.9 Social, Cognitive, and Neurological Factors in Learning
Notes
- Observational learning (Bandura's Bobo doll): modeling.
- Latent learning (Tolman's rats): learning shown later when there's a reason; cognitive maps.
- Insight learning (Köhler): sudden solutions.
- Learned helplessness; mirror neurons.
Practice
Children hit a doll after watching an adult do it. This shows:
Bandura.
Rats learn a maze without rewards but run it fast once food is added. This is:
Hidden learning.
After repeated failures they can't control, a person stops trying. This is:
Seligman.
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