Observational Learning Task

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An Observational Learning Task is a learning task that requires the observing the behavior of others.



References

2016

  • (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/observational_learning Retrieved:2016-9-1.
    • Observational learning is learning that occurs through observing the behavior of others. It is a form of social learning which takes various forms, based on various processes. In humans, this form of learning seems to not need reinforcement to occur, but instead, requires a social model such as a parent, sibling, friend, or teacher. Particularly in childhood, a model is someone of authority or higher status. In animals, observational learning is often based on classical conditioning, in which an instinctive behavior is elicited by observing the behavior of another (e.g. mobbing in birds), but other processes may be involved as well. [1]
  1. Shettleworth, S. J. “Cognition, Evolution, and Behavior", 2010 (2nd ed.) New York:Oxford,