Latent Learning Style

LATENT LEARNING STYLE

                                                      Latent Learning Style
                                                         
                                           

LATENT LEARNING STYLE

                                                        Latent Learning Style
Latent learning refers to the learning of operant behavior simply through exposure to a situation
without reinforcement or punishment, and without expressing the behavior at that time. For
example, a man may learn where paper towels are in the grocery store simply by seeing them on
a shelf and remembering their location. If he needs to buy paper towels the next time he goes to
the same store, he will be able immediately to walk to the proper location. It differs from
observational learning in that, with latent learning, one is observing and remembering aspects of
a situation, whereas with observational learning, one is observing and imitating the behaviors of
another.   Taken 2011, May 19 from
http://oldwww.scottsdalecc.edu/ricker/psy101/readings/definitions/learning_latent.html
    “ Evidence for the importance of cognitive processes come from a series of animal
experiments that revealed a type of cognitive learning called latent learning. In latent learning,
a new behavior is learned but not demonstrated until some incentive is provided for displaying
it” (Tolman & Honzik, 1930). In short, latent learning occurs without reinforcement.
Source   Feldman, R. S. (2011) Essentials of Understanding Psychology, ninth ed. pp.180-190
    Three concepts I have found to be involved with latent learning are, paying attention,
remembering, and reproducing what you have observed.

                                                     

LATENT LEARNING STYLE
                                                  References
Feldman, R. S. (2011) Essentials of Understanding Psychology ninth ed....