WHEN ACFT FLAPS WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TKOF; CAPT RECYCLED CIRCUIT BREAKER AND FLAPS RETRACTED.

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I WAS CAPT AND THE PF ON FLT FROM PHL TO DCA. WHEN THE FLAPS (25 DEGS) WERE SELECTED TO RETRACT AFTER REACHING FLAP RETRACT SPD; WE DID NOT GET FLAP RETRACTION. I CONTINUED THE CLB ON COURSE AS WE TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHY THE FLAP DID NOT RETRACT. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS TO CHK THE FORE FLAP CTL CIRCUIT BREAKER SINCE THERE WERE NO CAUTION LIGHTS INDICATING A PROBLEM. I PLACED THE ACFT ON AUTOPLT AND USING A FLASHLIGHT LOCATED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER. IT HAD NOT POPPED OUT; AND WITHOUT MUCH THOUGHT; I PULLED AND RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER. THE FLAPS THEN RETRACTED AND WE CONTINUED THE FLT TO DCA. SEVERAL MINS LATER AFTER WE WERE SETTLED DOWN ON COURSE WE REVIEWED THE FLAP MALFUNCTION PROCS. IF THE FLAPS DO NOT RETRACT AND NO CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATES; A TORQUE LIMITER HAS LOCKED THE FLAPS IN POS; AND NO FURTHER ATTEMPT SHOULD BE MADE TO RAISE THE FLAPS. IT HAD BEEN ALMOST 8 MONTHS SINCE THIS WAS COVERED IN RECURRENT TRAINING; AND THIS FAILURE WAS NOT COVERED IN MY RECENT SIMULATOR TRAINING. IN FUTURE SITUATIONS LIKE THIS; I WILL TAKE NO ACTION UNTIL THE PROCS ARE FULLY COVERED. SLOW DOWN AND THINK; READ; AND THEN ACT. (EMERS REQUIRING IMMEDIATE ACTION ARE DIFFERENT). SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 195083. I TOLD THE CAPT WE SHOULD RESELECT THE 25 POS AND LEAVE FLAPS ALONE. THE EMER CHKLIST BRIEFLY STATES RESELECT FLAP HANDLE AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO RAISE FLAPS. THE CAPT HAD ACTED ON HIS OWN AND DONE COMPLETELY OPPOSITE THE EMER CHKLIST. I TOLD THE CAPT TWICE WE SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO RAISE OR TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM; BUT HE CONTINUED ON HIS WAY. WE NOW HAD AN ACFT WHICH WE WERE NOT SURE THE FLAPS COULD BE LOWERED. THE FLT CONTINUED AND LANDED AT DCA IN A ZERO FLAP LNDG. NO EMER DECLARED. NO INJURIES; AND AFTER ACFT MAINT INSPECTION THE ACFT WAS NOT DAMAGED.