Bandura WACE

Question 1

How Bandura explains behaviour

Answer 1

Behaviour can be explained through the process of modelling/imitation and direct & indirect reinforcement

Question 2

Imitation depends on…

Answer 2

-Characteristics of a model
-Learner’s perceived ability to perform a particular behaviour
-Observed consequences

Question 3

Vicarious and self reinforcement

Answer 3

Vicarious reinforcement: indirect reinforcement
Self reinforcement: we evaluate our own behaviour

Question 4

Mediational processes

Answer 4

Attention
Retention
Motor reproduction
Motivation

Question 5

Self-efficacy

Answer 5

An individual’s belief concerning their ability to cope or achieve in a particular situation or with a particular task

Question 6

Vicarious experience

Answer 6

-Where the individual sees someone, whom they know shares the same fears as theirs, actually performing the task
-This then changes their self-efficacy

Question 7

Social learning

Answer 7

Learning through the observation of another’s behaviour

Question 8

Strengths/weaknesses

Answer 8

Strengths
-Real life applications
-Explains cultural differences in human behaviour

Weaknesses
-Underestimates the influence of biological factors
-Suffers from demand characteristics