learning pt 4

Question 1

radical behaviorism

Answer 1

staunch form of behaviorism developed by B. F. Skinner that suggested that even complex higher mental functions like human language are nothing more than stimulus-outcome associations

Question 2

cognitive map

Answer 2

mental picture of the layout of the environment

Question 3

latent learning

Answer 3

learning that occurs, but it may not be evident until there is a reason to demonstrate it

Question 4

observational learning

Answer 4

type of learning that occurs by watching others

Question 5

model

Answer 5

person who performs a behavior that serves as an example (in observational learning)

Question 6

vicarious reinforcement

Answer 6

process where the observer sees the model rewarded, making the observer more likely to imitate the model’s behavior

Question 7

vicarious punishment

Answer 7

process where the observer sees the model punished, making the observer less likely to imitate the model’s behavior