Lesson 8 Flashcards
Selfhood, Conditioning, Reinforcement and Punishment
A Stanford University psychology professor who is most well-known for his work on the Social Cognitive theory
Albert Bandura
series of experiments in the 1960s focusing on the learning of violence and aggression
Bobo Doll experiments
Children who were exposed to violent adults became ______ as violent as those children who were not exposed to violent adults
twice
Boys were _________ more violent when they were exposed to violent male models
3x
Originally named as the social learning theory
Social Cognitive theory
States that humans can acquire new behaviors through the process of observational learning and that the probability of these behaviors being repeated is dependent on a combination of cognitive and environmental factors
Social Cognitive theory
People can learn through ___________
observation
_________________ are an essential part of the learning process
Cognitive factors
___________ does not necessarily lead to change
Learning
the process of learning by watching the behaviors of others
Observational Learning
three basic models in observational learning
live model
symbolic model
verbal instructional model
actual individual acting act a behavior
Live model
real or fictional characters displaying behaviors in books, TV programs, or online media
Symbolic model
descriptions and explanations of a behavior
Verbal instructional model
four processes involved in observational learning
attention
retention
reproduction
motivation
