Cognitive and Social Approaches to Learning Quiz

Question 1

The process of observing and imitating a specific behavior is called

Answer 1

modeling

Question 2

You learned the route to the supermarket as a young child from going on shopping trips with your parents. When your mom asks you yo run an errand for her you have no problem finding your way there. This is an example of

Answer 2

latent learning

Question 3

Cognitive learning theories differ from strict behavioral ones in that they account for changes in

Answer 3

mental processes

Question 4

If you pay children in kindergarten to make things from modeling clay, and then stop, you may find that they are less willing to do it for nothing than they were before you ever started paying them. This is an example of

Answer 4

overjustification

Question 5

Judy sees her friend being admired by peers for bullying a smaller child. She then also bullies the same smaller child. This is an example of

Answer 5

vicarious conditioning.

Question 6

Tolman’s rats learned to run the maze simply by “hanging out” in it. They received no rewards for learning the maze. When they were able to run the maze just as fast, or faster than rats that were trained with operant procedures, Tolman presented his findings as evidence for the evidence for the existence of

Answer 6

mental maps

Question 7

One finding of Albert Bandura’s research on observational learning was that

Answer 7

children are most likely to imitate actions of a role model of higher status.

Question 8

Kohler’s chimp Sultan figured out how to get that tantalizing hanging banana without extensive operant training. This is an example of

Answer 8

insight learning

Question 9

Neuroscientists have recently found a biological basis for observational learning in the functioning of ______________ in the cerebral cortex.

Answer 9

mirror neurons

Question 10

In the processes of social and cognitive learning _____________ are not of central importance.

Answer 10

direct punishments or reinforcements