Learning

Insight

Sudden realization of a solution.

Latent Learning

Learning without reinforcement.

Observational Learning

Learning by observing others.

Classical Conditioning

Learning by association.

Cognition

Mental processes like thinking, memory, problem-solving.

Heuristics

Mental shortcuts.

Proactive Interference

Old memories interfere with new.

Retroactive Interference

New memories interfere with old.

Convergent Thinking

Finding one correct answer.

Divergent Thinking

Generating multiple solutions.

Automatic Processing

Unconscious encoding of information.

Functional Fixedness

Inability to see objects as having multiple uses.

Yerkes-Dodson Law

Performance increases with arousal, but only up to a point.