CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

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GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

COGNITION AND EMOTIONS

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When Mary was young, her father was trying to learn how to speak German and would listen to German tapes for hours in her presence. Mary paid very little attention to the tapes. Many years later, when Mary was in Germany, she was able to say a few German words in order to make herself understood. This is an example of
A
biological preparedness
B
latent learning
C
cognitive mapping
D
insight learning
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -When Mary was young, her dad was learning to speak German & would listen to German tapes for hours in her presence. Mary paid very little attention to the tapes. Many years later, when she was in Germany, Mary was able to say a few German words in order to make herself understood.

Detailed explanation-2: -Extinction refers to the reduction in responding that occurs when the conditioned stimulus is presented repeatedly without the unconditioned stimulus.

Detailed explanation-3: -This is known as latent learning : learning that occurs but is not observable in behavior until there is a reason to demonstrate it.

Detailed explanation-4: -In psychology, latent learning refers to knowledge that only becomes clear when a person has an incentive to display it. For example, a child might learn how to complete a math problem in class, but this learning is not immediately apparent.

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