Bandura’s social learning theory

Question 1

what is his learning theory?

Answer 1

he states that children learn from observing and imitating someones behavior.

Question 2

1 stage?

Answer 2

the child notices the behavior of another person

Question 3

2 stage?

Answer 3

the child interlises this behavior by remembering it.

Question 4

3 stage?

Answer 4

the child copies the behavior when the opportunity arises.

Question 5

4 stage?

Answer 5

it can have a (positive or negative affect), they will repeat it or discard the behavior.

Question 6

the bobo doll experiment

Answer 6

carried out in the 60’s, aimed to find out whether young children could imitate role models.
modeling, aggression arousal, test for delayed limitation.

Question 7

vicarious reinforcement

Answer 7

when we observe someone else being either positively or negatively reinforced for behaving in a certain way.
makes us want to observe and imitate others.

Question 8

strengths?

Answer 8

gives us a general idea of how we learn,

emphasizes the importance of our environment

Question 9

weaknesses?

Answer 9

experiments create a false environment,
too simplistic,
ignores roles of nature and biological factors