Approaches- Social Learning Theory Flashcards
Who developed social learning theory?
Bandura
What is modelling?
Observing and imitating a role model that you identify with
What is vicarious reinforcement?
Seeing others rewarded for a behaviour influences someone in whether they choose to imitate the behaviour
What are the mediational processes?
Attention, retention, motor reproduction, motivation
How is SLT a reductionist theory?
It explains things through very basic cause-and-effect mechanisms
Who were the participants in Bandura’s study?
36 girls and 36 boys with a mean age of 52 months
What was the research design of Bandura’s study?
Matched participants design with three conditions
What happened in the first condition of Bandura’s study?
Children observed aggressive adult models playing with a Bobo doll
What happened in the second condition of Bandura’s study?
Children observed non-aggressive models playing with other toys and ignoring the Bobo doll
What happened in the third condition of Bandura’s study?
Control condition in which children had no exposure to the models
What happened after each condition in Bandura’s study?
Children’s behaviour was observed for 20 minutes in a room containing aggressive toys and non-aggressive toys
What were the results from Bandura’s study?
Children exposed to aggressive models imitated a lot of their aggressive behaviour
Children in the non-aggressive and control condition showed barely any aggressive behaviour
What was the conclusion from Bandura’s study?
Aggressive behaviour is learned through imitation of others behaving aggressively
