Many Skills, Such as Playing a Musical Instrument, Cake Decorating

question 453

Multiple Choice

Many skills, such as playing a musical instrument, cake decorating, or learning to bat a baseball, are learned by what Albert Bandura called

• A)instrumental conditioning.
• B)respondent conditioning.
• C)observational learning.
• D)discovery learning.

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Definitions:

Connectionist Models

Connectionist models are a type of cognitive model that represent mental processes through networks of interconnected nodes, similar to neural networks.

Parallel

Existing or occurring at the same time without intersecting or directly affecting each other.

Serially

Pertaining to the sequential order in which items or events occur, one after the other.

Ecological Approach

An approach to the study of cognition emphasizing the natural contexts or settings in which cognitive activities occur and the influences such settings have on the ways cognitive activities are acquired, practiced, and executed.