Observational Learning Occurs When an Organism's Responding Is Influenced by the Observation

question 171

Short Answer

Observational learning occurs when an organism's responding is influenced by the observation of others, who are called _____.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Perspective

The Cognitive Perspective is a psychological approach that emphasizes mental processes, such as perception, memory, and problem-solving, as fundamental to understanding behavior.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process where a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus and acquires the capacity to elicit similar responses.

Rescorla

Robert Rescorla, a psychologist best known for his work with Allan Wagner on the Rescorla-Wagner model of classical conditioning, focusing on the predictability of the unconditioned stimulus.

Classical Conditioning

An educational strategy where two stimuli are habitually paired together, causing a response that initially results from the second stimulus to be gradually elicited by the first stimulus.