Approaches- SLT Approach Flashcards
Which approaches does SLT act as a bridge between and why?
The behaviourist approach emphasises the importance of the environment and reinforcement.
The cognitive approach emphasises the importance of mental processes.
What was Bandura’s main assumption for SLT?
we learn through observation and imitation of others’ behaviour
what are mediational processes?
cognitive factors that influence learning.
come between stimulus and response.
what are the stages of the social learning theory?
Attention- form a mental representation of the behaviour.
Retention- store the observed behaviour in LTM.
Reproduction- must have the ability to reproduce behaviour
Motivation- must expect to receive the same positive reinforcement.
what is vicarious reinforcement?
when learners observe role models receiving reinforcement for an action and therefore imitâtes that behaviour.
what might improve the chances of imitation?
if they identify with the model.
describe the method used in Bandura’s Bobo doll study.
- lab experiment
- american children, 36 boys,36 girls aged 3-6 years old
-group 1: 12 each shown model hitting doll with hammer. - group 2: 12 each shown non-aggressive model
-group 3: 12 each not shown model(cg) - all taken to a room with attractive toys and told not to play- aggression arousal
- taken to room with bobo doll, non/aggressive tools.
what were the results of bandura’s bobo doll study?
group 1: more aggressive, imitated specific aggressive acts displayed.
boys more than girls.
what can we conclude from bandura’s bobo doll study?
children imitate the behaviour of role models even if the behaviour is aggressive.
what was the point in the Bandura and Walters study?
repeat of bobo doll but including consequences
what was the method used in Bandura and Walter’s study?
aggressive behaviour was:
group 1: praised
group 2: punished
group 3: no consequences
what were the results of Bandura and Walter’s study?
group 1 showed the most aggression.
then group 3
then group 2
what can we conclude from Bandura and Walter’s study?
imitation is more likely to occur when a behaviour is positively reinforced.
imprimante of vicarious reinforcement
how has SLT been applied to every day life?
explains influence of media on behaviour.
Jamie Bulger’s murder
children claimed influenced by Child Play 3
however they came from disturbed families where they may have witnessed violence
Evaluate SLT
Supported by research:
- bandura and bandura walter
H- lab experiments, tasks didn’t reflect normal life.
adults would guide understanding of behaviour, children knew doll didn’t understand pain.
demand characteristics?
Theory doesn’t explain why boys more aggressive than girls- biological factors must be involved, lack of info means lack of reliability.
explains behaviour differences in cultures. eg why amish are non-violent.
