observational learning

Question 1

observational learning

Answer 1

occurs when someone uses obervation of another person’s actions and their consequences to guide their furture actions

Question 2

vicarious learning

Answer 2

the learner observes the behaviour, which is either reinforced or punished, which later behaves the same way or refrians from doing so due to result of observation

Question 3

vicarious reinforcement

Answer 3

increases the likelihood of the observer behaving in a similar way to a model whose behaviour is reinforced

Question 4

vicarious punishment

Answer 4

decreases the likelihood of the observer behaviour in a similar way to a model whose behaviour is punished.

Question 5

what are the 5 factors to observational learning

Answer 5

attention, retention, reproduction, motivation, reinforcement

Question 6

attention

Answer 6

the learner must pay attention to the model; the learner must perceive the model to be interesting in one way or another

Question 7

retention

Answer 7

the leaner must remember and retain(visual representation) what was done by the model so that

Question 8

reproduction

Answer 8

the learner must be able to reproduce the modelled behaviour

Question 9

motivation

Answer 9

the learner must have the desire to repeat the observed behaviour

Question 10

reinforcement

Answer 10

the behaviour must be useful or provide an incentive or reward for the learner to learn and continue to perform the behaviour. reinforcement if required

Question 11

motivation

Answer 11

processes within an organism which activate behaviour that is directed towards achieving a particular goal