1960: The Social Learning Theory (bandura) Flashcards
What was Albert bandura interested in doing be specific?
In studying the behaviour of children specifically aggression.
What does the social learning theory believe?
Mediation happens between stimulus and response.
What is social learning theory an extension from and what makes it different?
Behavioural approach, the difference is social learning theory focuses on indirect learning.
How does the leaning theory suggest learn things?
Through observing and imitation of role model.
Imitations is the act of using someone as a model explain what can make someone a model?
- someone you can identify with (gender, interests)
- age (usually older)
Eg older sibling, parent, influencer
What can increase the chance of imitation of a model?
Vacations reinforcements, when a individual experiences a model behaving in a certain way and receive what they deem as a desirable reward.
Explain banduras research?
1) experimented in independent groups of 72 children who watched an adult interact with dodo doll (except control group).
2) 24 aggressive 24 non aggressive 24 control.
3) had man and women for each group which were then split into 12 equal 6 of each gender) .
What were the findings of banduras research?
Overall that imitation worked.
- children generally imitated the adult they watched.
- gender played a role in results
- boys showed more aggression
How were banduras results recorded?
Qualitative data was turned into quantitative through a behaviour chart, which counted how many times the children were aggressive towards dodo the doll.
Name all the mediational processes (The long ARRM)?
Attention (need this to create symbolic mental representation)
Retention (remembering it which is a basic cognitive requirement)
Reproduction (appraising ability to imitate)
Motivation (reason to imitate is needed) eg no repercussions of bad behaviour
Define mediational processes?
Cognitive process you need to complete in order to imitate.
State how Andra used mediational processes in his dodo doll experiment on imitations?
He allowed 10 minutes break after watching the adult before being put in the play room (allowing retention which is remembering).
What are the strengths of the social learning theory?
- considers cognitive factors in learning (acknowledges our thought process in how we learn).
- based on lavatory experiments (scientific).
- explains learning of complex behaviour (aggression).
- has been applied to film certification in age appropriate content (age rating on films) so banduras research is useful today.
Name the negatives of the social learning theory?
- ignore biological factors (aggression and testosterone levels).
- most support is from lab experiments (controlled) which may be hard to replicate in real life.
- sees behaviour as determined environmentally (not acknowledges others factors eg aggressive gene).
