Me 3.9 Social, Cognitive, and Neurological Factors in Learning Flashcards

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preparedness

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an organism’s readiness or predisposition to be conditioned in certain ways due to its evolutionary history.

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predictability

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describes the likelihood at which an event is going to occur

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expectency

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the internal state resulting from experience with predictable relationships between stimuli or between responses and stimuli

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cognitive map

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a mental representation of the layout of ones’ environment. For example, after exploring a maze, rats act as if they have learned a cognitive map of it.

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latent learning

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learning that occurs, but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it.

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Insight learning

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a sudden realisation of a problem’s solution

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observational learning

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the acquisition of knowledge through watching others.

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vicarious conditioning

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the act of learning things through observing the reactions, attitudes, and emotions of others rather than direct exposure

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mirror neurons

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neurones that some scientists believe fire when we perform certain actions or observe another doing so. The brain’s mirroring of another’s action may enable imitation and empathy.

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theory of mind

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a person’s general understanding that the people around them each have their own unique beliefs, perceptions, and desires.

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Bandura’s famous Bobo doll experiment

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Children hit a doll if they observe adults hitting a doll.

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