KA - 5 Social Learning Theory

Question 1

what is identification

Answer 1

attaching oneself to a model because they have qualities that you wish to possess

Question 2

what is imitation

Answer 2

copying a behaviour

Question 3

what is a model

Answer 3

any person who shows examples behaviour

Question 4

what is modelling

Answer 4

imitating a behaviour that has been shown by a model who you have identified with

Question 5

what is reinforcement

Answer 5

the consequences of behaviour being strengthened

Question 6

what is vicarious learning

Answer 6

modelling a behavior that you have seen being reinforced because you want to receive the same reinforcement

Question 7

what is nurture

Answer 7

behaviour is learned through environmental experience, it is not innate

Question 8

what does SLT argue

Answer 8

• behaviour is learnt through observation
• falls on nurture side of nature/nurture debate
• takes cognitive mediating factors into consideration

Question 9

which approaches is it influenced by

Answer 9

behaviourist and cognitive

Question 10

what are the cognitive mediating factors

Answer 10

• attention
• retention
• motor reproduction
• motivation

Question 11

strengths of SLT

Answer 11

• acknowledges the importance of cognitive factors
• can explain cultural differences in behaviour
• lots of research in a lab - high control

Question 12

limitations of SLT

Answer 12

• Bandura’s Bobo Doll research underestimates the influence of biological factors
• suggests that behaviours that are not met with good outcomes will not be repeated but that is not always the case
• lab setting has low ecological validity