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. http://oldwww.scottsdalecc.edu/ricker/psy101/readings/definitions/learning_latent.html