Social Learning Answers

A organism must purposefully model a behavior in order for others to learn from it.

Observation is an important part of learning and replicating many human behaviors.

Read the scenario below and answer the question that follows.Betty is watching her older sister play a video game. Betty’s older sister demonstrates a particular technique in the game that makes her character do a backflip. Betty watches carefully, noting the exact technique her sister uses. After a few hours, Betty’s older sister allows her to play the game and she attempts the technique her sister showed her earlier. Even though Betty is usually very good at video games and remembers how her sister did the move, she can’t quite make it work like her sister did, even after practicing for an hour. Betty seems to be missing some important detail.Which process best explains why Betty is unable to make her character do a backflip?

Read the scenario below and answer the question that follows.Dave watches his brother climb a tall but brittle tree. When a branch snaps, Dave’s brother falls out of the tree and breaks his leg. Dave thinks about this event often. Even though he is physically capable of climbing, he never climbs the tall, brittle tree.Which process best explains why Dave does not climb the tall but brittle tree?

Currently, there is general agreement in the scientific community that cognition has some effect on learning. Please select the best answer from the choices provided

The layout of one’s home can be represented with a cognitive map.

Cognitive psychologists believe cognition occurs between the stimulus and response in classical conditioning.

Classical and operant conditioning both take into consideration the individual ways that people can react to the same stimuli.

When describing the way operant conditioning works, a cognitive psychologist is likely to emphasize the importance of which of the following elements?

Cognition and learning are the same thing.