PSYC 251 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Metacognition, Hearing Loss, Knowledge Base

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 251
• Professor: Valerie Ann Kuhlmeier

Document Summary

Types of social learning: imitation/mimicry: replicating a behaviour without any understanding of the goal of that behaviour, emulation: understanding the goal of a model and engaging in similar behaviour to achieve that goal, without necessarily reproducing the exact actions of the model, imitative learning: requires that the observer take the perspective of the model, understand the model"s goal, and reproduce important portions of the model"s behaviour, teaching: more accomplished person intentionally conveys his/her knowledge or skills to a less accomplished person. Four steps: joint attention: 2 people both attending to the same thing or event and sharing that experience (good by 9 months, self awareness, recognizing that how we think influences how we act, recognizing that we are all intentional agents: individuals who cause things to happen and whose behaviour is designed to achieve some goal (12 months, perspective taking: ability to take the point of view of others.