Module 23 (Social and Cognitive Learning)

Question 1

Example of biological preparedness

Answer 1

-When sweet was followed by nausea and click was followed by pain, mouse learned aversion
-When sweet was followed by pain and click was followed by nausea, there was no response
-Selective CS-UCS connection

Question 1

Biological preparedness

Answer 1

-what an organism learns is influenced by its evolutionary history
-Martin Seligman argued that animals (including humans) are genetically “prepared” to learn specific fears: fear may not be automatic, but easily learned

Question 2

Cognitive psychology

Answer 2

some forms of learning must be explained as changes in mental processes

Question 3

Cognitive maps

Answer 3

a mental image/representation used to navigate through a familiar environment

Question 4

Latent learning

Answer 4

learning that occurs without any reinforcement and without any hint that learning took place

Question 5

Insight learning

Answer 5

problem solving occurs by suddenly perceiving new forms of relationships

Question 6

Social learning

Answer 6

-we can learn from others without directly receiving reinforcement or punishment
-New responses are acquired after watching others’ behaviors (and the consequences thereof) without having to experience reinforcement or punishment directly