social, cognitive, and neurological factors topic 3.9 social, cognitive, and neurological factors of learning

Social learning theory

Proposes that learning can occur by observation and doesn’t have to involve personal experience with a consequence. Learning can occur by copying the behavior of models. The more similar a model is, the more likely the behavior is to be learned.

Insight learning

Occurs when the solution to a problem occurs without any association, consequence, or model being present. This form of learning challenges, traditional, behaviorist, explanations by demonstrating that organisms can solve problems through sudden understanding rather than gradual trial-and-error learning.

Latent learning

Occurs when information is learned without reinforcement, but is not immediately evident.

Cognitive maps

Represent internal mental representations of spatial environments that organisms construct through exploration and experience