Psychology 6.3 6.4

Read

Examining the material to be studied to try to answer questions you have phrased about it

vicarious reinforcement

Experienced indirectly through the experience of another person

Modeling

Form of observational learning in which people observe behavior and can later produce it

Latent learning

Learning that remains hidden until it's needed

Review

Repeatedly studying the same material for better understanding and memory

Recite

Stating information about the studied material aloud to improve memory

token economy

System in which people are paid to act correctly by earning rewards

Observational learning

The acquiring of knowledge by observing and imitating other people

Distributed learning

The process of studying something regularly so the learning is spread over several days or weeks

reflect

Thinking about material that has been studied in order to better understand and remember it

massed learning

an effort to learn a great deal of information all at once

PQ4R method

approach to active learning that includes six steps to help students absorb information

question

phrase questions about subject matter as material to be studied, perhaps by changing headings into questions

Preview

Attempting to get a general picture of the material to be studied before studying actually begins