Question

Tamika's cat learned to press a lever so more food would be poured into her food bowl. Tamika's roommate's kitten watched the older cat perform this behavior and within a month the kitten was performing this behavior. This is an example of:________.

Answer 1

Answer: Observational learning.

Explanation:

Observational learning is the social learning that is perceived through observing the behavior of other people around us.Behavior is noticed carefully, perceived in mind and then similar action or behavior is imitated by observer.

According to the question, kitten is involved in observational learning as she observed older cat press the lever harder to receive more food, she also imitated the same action for more food.