4.3 biological and cognitive aspects of learning

Question 1

instinctual drift

Answer 1

the tendency for an animal to drift back from a learned operant response to an innate, instinctual response to an object.

Question 2

latent learning

Answer 2

Learning that occurs but is not demonstrated until there is incentive to do so.

Question 3

observational learning
(modeling)

Answer 3

Learning by observing others and imitating their behavior.

Question 4

mirror neurons

Answer 4

Neurons that fire both when performing an action and when observing another person perform that same action.