2: Observational Learning Flashcards
Observational Learning:
Occurs when someone uses observation of a model’s actions and the consequences of those actions to guide their future actions.
Live model:
A real-life person who may be demonstrating, acting out and/or describing or explaining a behaviour.
Symbolic model:
A real or fictional character displaying behaviour in books, movies, T.V shows and in other media.
Vicarious conditioning:
Involves the individual watching a model’s behaviour being either reinforced or punished, and behaving accordingly
Vicarious reinforcement:
Increases the likelihood of the observer behaving in a similar way to a model whose behaviour is reinforced.
Vicarious punishment:
Decreases the likelihood of the observer behaving in a similar way to a model who’s behaviour was punished.
Attention:
The learner must actively watch the model’s behaviour and its consequences.
Retention:
The learner must remember a mental representation so that the learner can use this later.
Reproduction:
Having the physical and intellectual ability to convert the mental representations into actions.
Motivation:
The learner must want to imitate or produce the behaviour.
Reinforcement:
Influences the motivation to reproduce the observed behaviour and the likelihood of reproduction.
Latent learning:
The learner may not demonstrate the behaviour until an incentive is offered at a later time.
