5.10-5.12 Cognitive Learning Theory (1-3)/5.13-5.14 Observational Learning (4

Latent learning

learning that remains hidden until its application becomes useful

Positive psychology

a way of looking at the entire concept of mental health and therapy that focuses on the adaptive, creative, and psychologically more fulfilling aspects of human experience rather than on mental disorders

learned helplessness

 the tendency to fail to act to escape from a situation because of a history of repeated failures in the past

Observational Learning

learning new behavior by watching a modern perform that behavior

Learning/performance distinction

referring to the observation that learning can take place without actual performance of the learned behavior

The Four Element of Observational Learning

Attention, Memory, Imitation, Desire

Insight

the sudden perception of relationships among various parts of a problem, allowing the solution to the problem to come quickly