9.1 Types of Learning Part 3

Question 1

What is behaviorism?

Answer 1

all psychological phenomena are explained by describing the observable antecedents of behaviors and their consequences

Question 2

What is cognitive psychology?

Answer 2

area that focuses on the brain, cognition, and thoughts as mediating learning and stimulus response behaviors

Question 3

What is insight learning?

Answer 3

when previously learned behaviors are suddenly combined in unique ways

Question 4

What is latent learning?

Answer 4

something is learned but not expressed as an observable behavior until it is required

Question 5

What is long-term potentiation?

Answer 5

an increase in synaptic strength between two neurons following simultaneous firing

Question 6

What are innate behaviors?

Answer 6

behaviors we know to do instinctively

Question 7

What is observational learning?

Answer 7

learning through watching and imitating others

Question 8

What is modeling?

Answer 8

observer sees the behavior being performed by another person

Question 9

What are mirror neurons?

Answer 9

neurons that fire when a particular behavior or emotion is observed from another