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Module 29
UNIT 4 Biology, Cognition, and Learning
Term | Definition |
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Instinctive Drift | the tendency of learned behavior to gradually revert to biologically predisposed patterns. |
Cognitive Map | a mental representation of the layout of one's environment. For example, after exploring a maze, rats act as if they have learned a cognitive map of it. |
Latent Learning | Learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it. |
Insight | a sudden realization of a problem's solution; contrasts with strategy-based solutions. |
Intrinsic Motivation | a desire to perform a behavior effectively for tis own sake. |
Extrinsic Motivation | a desire to perform a behavior to receive promised rewards or avoid threatened punishment. |
Problem-Focused Coping | attempting to alleviate stress directly--by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor. |
Emotion-Focused Coping | attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to our stress reaction. |
Personal Control | our sense of controlling our environment rather than feeling helpless. |
External Locus of Control | the perception that chance or outside forces beyond our personal control determine our fate. |
Internal Locus of Control | the perception that we control our own fate. |
Self-Control | the ability to control impulses and delay short-term gratification for greater long-term rewards. |