Cognitive models of learning

Question 1

S-O-R psychology

Answer 1

For Stimulus Organism Response psychologists, the link between S and R is not mindless or automatic. Instead, the organism’s response to a stimulus depends on what this stimulus means to it/it’s interpretation of the stimulus. Emphasises the role of expectation in learning

Question 2

Cognitive conditioning

Answer 2

Theory that our interpretation of the situation affects conditioning. Suggests that conditioning is more than an automatic, mindless process

Question 3

Latent learning

Answer 3

Learning that is not directly observable

Question 4

Cognitive maps

Answer 4

Mental representations of how a physical space is organised

Question 5

Observational learning

Answer 5

Learning by watching others

Question 6

Mirror neurons

Answer 6

Cells in the brain that become activated by specific motions when an animal both performs and observes that action