PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6.3: Albert Bandura, Orbitofrontal Cortex, Basal Ganglia
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Latent learning: learning that is not immediately expressed by a response until the organism is reinforced for doing so. Tolman and honzik demonstrated latent learning in rats by making them run a maze. Sor theory for learning: cognitive theories suggest indiv. Is actively processing and analyzing info influcenes observable behaviour early view of cognitive learning was referred to as stimulus-organism-response theory. S-r psychologists believed thoughts were based on s-r contingencies org. learned through their life, s-o-r ps(cid:455)(cid:272)hs. Observational learning: involved changes in behaviour and knowledge that result from watching others. 4 processes (albert bandura: attention to act or behaviour, memory for it, ability to reproduce it, motivation to do so. Lacking any of these would result in a poor rendition, observational learning would then be unlikely. Attention importance eg. seeing someone react in a frightened way to sharks, likely insinuates a fear of sharks for people even though they may like thousands of km away from shark infested waters.
