Lecture 9.3

Question 1

What is cognitive learning and what is the experiment that showed this?

Answer 1

Where a mental representation of the spatial characteristics of a familiar environment is produced

Mice in the maze

Question 2

What is insight learning and what is the experiment that showed this?

Answer 2

Rapidly learning as a result of understanding all elements of the problem
Monkeys in getting the banana from the string

Question 3

What is social learning and what is the experiment that showed this?

Answer 3

Learning takes place socially through observing others

Bobo doll and the children

Question 4

What are mirror neurons?

Answer 4

Neurons that are active during observations of others actions
They imagine how it is to perform the action themselves