6.13– Beyond Behavior: The Role of the Mind in Learning & 6.14– Social Learning Theory: Imitation is More Than just Flattery

Superstitious conditioning

a form of operant conditioning in which a behavior is learned because it was coincidentally reinforced, but has no actual relationship with reinforcement

Latent learning

learning that occurs without either incentive or any clear motivation to learn

Insight learning

a form of learning that occurs without trial and error and thus without clear reinforcement

Observational learning

a form of learning in which a person observes and imitates a behavior from a model

Imitation

the purposeful copying of a goal-directed behavior