Biological Constraints in Conditioning

Biological constraints affect classical and operant conditioning by making some associations easier to learn than others, as learning is adaptive to aid survival.

Cognitive processes can affect classical conditioning by allowing animals to learn when to expect a US, and in operant conditioning, cognitive mapping and latent learning demonstrate their importance.

Observational learning involves anticipating a behavior's consequences through vicarious reinforcement or punishment, while associative learning focuses on learning associations between events.

<p>Children tend to imitate behaviors of their models, whether those behaviors are prosocial or antisocial.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A cognitive map is a mental representation of the layout of one's environment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Latent learning is learning that occurs but is not immediately apparent until there is a reason to demonstrate it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Intrinsic motivation is the desire to perform a behavior for its own sake.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Extrinsic motivation is the desire to perform a behavior to receive rewards or avoid punishment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Observational learning is learning that occurs by observing others.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Modeling is the process of observing and imitating a specific behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mirror neurons are frontal lobe neurons that fire when performing certain actions or when observing another doing so.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Prosocial behavior is positive, constructive, and helpful behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers