Names to remember Flashcards
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Kohler
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German psychologist
“The whole is different than the sum of its parts”
Learning through insight rather than behavioral methods / conditioning
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Thorndike
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Law of effect: if an association is followed by a “satisfying state of affairs” it will be strengthened and if it is followed by an “annoying state of affairs “ it will be weakened
Similar to reinforcement in operant learning
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Tolman
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Latent learning: Latent learning is a form of learning that is not immediately expressed in an overt response; it occurs without any obvious reinforcement of the behavior or associations that are learned
