Chapter 2 - Social Aggression Flashcards
What’s modelling?
Observing identifying with and copying the behaviour of a role model
What’s observational learning?
The process of learning from watching others
What’s a role model?
Someone who is looked up to
What’s identification?
A feeling of similarity with a role model that leads to the imitation of their behaviour - we believe we can look like them
What’s vicarious reinforcement?
When we see others get a reward for doing something so we do it to gain the same reward
Evaluate social learning theory as an explanation of aggression?
Strengths:
Bandura’s 1961 study supports social learning theory because he found children copy aggression
Many tragedies e.g school shootings linked to TV and video games
Weaknesses:
Aggressive children might watch the aggressive shows
Many children watch violence but don’t copy it
What’s nurture?
What we learn from how we’re raised
What’s nature?
What we are born with
Compare biological and social theories of aggression?
Nature: Limbic system Amygdala Testosterone Nurture: Observational learning Modelling Identification Vicarious reinforcement
