TE 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Observational Learning, Operant Conditioning, Motor Cortex
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Te 150: reflections on learning | october 7, 2015 |learning. Observational learning: observational learning: learning by watching others, observational learning builds on principles from operant conditioning, factors what influence learning: Bio-behavioral support for bandura: mirror neuron: neurons that fire in the motor areas in the brain while observing another person"s behavior/movement, studied with monkeys reaching for peanuts. Monkey a watching monkey b eat a peanut, Monkey a"s neurons fired as if monkey a was eating a peanut: expanded to motor movements in humans, expanded to emotion and empathy in humans, supports the idea that people learn through watching others. What increases or decreases likelihood of learning from observed behavior: model, functional values of behavior, behavior complexity, viewer"s sense of efficacy. Efficacy: the belief that one can produce a desired outcome. Bandura"s contemporary model of observational learning 4 parts: Catch and keep attention: attention, retention, production, motivation, attention, retention, production, motivation.
