Social, Cognitive, and Neurological Factors in Learning

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social learning theory

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learning can occur by observation and does not have to involve personal experience with a consequence

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insight learning

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a cognitive form of learning involving the mental rearrangement or restructuring of the elements in a problem to achieve a sudden understanding of the problem and arrive at a solution. 

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latent learning

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learning that remains hidden until its application becomes useful.

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vicarious reinforcement

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the process of learning behaviors through the observation of reward and punishment, rather than through direct experience.

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modeling

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the act of learning by imitating the behavior of others, often used as a method in social learning.