Learning Approach: Social Learning Theory Flashcards

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How can we gain new behaviours?

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Through observing and imitating others

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What did Bandura do?

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Conducted an experience which involved children observing an aggressive or non aggressive act performed by adult role models

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What did the children observe?

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  • Half: observed adults acting aggressive
  • Half: observed adults being non aggressive
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What happened after the children observed the adults?

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They were shown attractive toys which they were not allowed to play with, then they were able to play with more ordinary toys and the bobo doll

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What did Bandura find in the Bobo doll test?

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A large proportion of the children who had watched the aggressive role model reproduced physically aggressive behaviour that had been demonstrated

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What happened to the non aggressive condition?

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They showed virtually no aggression toward the Bobo doll

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What is modelling?

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Someone who carries out an attitude or behaviour so it can be observed and learned

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What is imitation?

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Parents model attitudes and behaviours and then children copy/imitate it

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What are 3 key factors which determine if we will imitate behaviour?

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  1. Characteristics of the model (male/female)
  2. Observers perished ability to perform that behaviour
  3. Consequences of the behaviour
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What is identification?

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The extent to which the observer can relate to the model and feels similar to that person

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What is vicarious reinforcement?

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We learn about the consequence of an action and then alter our own behaviour based upon the outcomes for the individual we have observed

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What are mediational processes?

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Mental factors involved in learning mediate in the learning process to determine whether a new response is aquired

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What are the 4 mediational processes?

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  1. Attention
  2. Retention
  3. Reproduction
  4. Motivation
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What is attention?

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How much we notice certain behaviours

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What is retention?

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How well we remember the behaviour

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What is reproduction?

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The ability to perform the behaviour

17
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What is motivation?

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The will to perform the behaviour, this can be determined by whether the behaviour was rewarded or punished

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What are 3 evaluation points?

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  • Scientifially proven: experiments like Bandura
  • Doesn’t take into account biological factors: boys nods aggressive due to hormones?
  • Developed through observation: main purpose is to strike bobo doll