Shaping and Social & Cognitive Learning

Flashcards on Shaping, Social & Cognitive Learning

Instinctive Drift

The reversion to a natural behavior after being trained to perform a certain task.

Insight Learning

When the solution to a problem occurs without any association, consequence, or model being present.

Latent Learning

Learning that is not exhibited when it is first acquired.

Cognitive Map

A mental representation that allows an organism to acquire, store, and recall information.

Intrinsic Motivation

The desire to perform a behavior effectively for its own sake.

Extrinsic Motivation

A desire to perform a behavior to receive promised rewards or avoid threatened punishment.

Learned Helplessness

A mental state in which an organism continues to experience a painful, unpleasant, or aversive stimulus and thus conclude they have no ability to change the outcome.

Social Learning Theory

Learning not just through direct experience, but also by observing the actions and outcomes of others' behaviors.

Observational Learning

Watching and mimicking models.

Model

A member of the same species exhibiting a behavior.

Vicarious Conditioning

Learning something by watching someone model a behavior.