Observational Learning

Question 1

Observational Learning

Answer 1

• watching a model’s behaviour and its consequences and uses it to guide their own behaviour
• learning can remain latent and can occur without direct experience
  e.g. seeing someone get drunk and vomit and learning not to get drunk

Question 2

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Answer 2

• Attention - learning must actively watch model
• Retention - mental representation of learnt behaviour stored in memory
• Reproduction - physical/intellectual ability to reproduce the behaviour
• Motivation - wanting to imitate the behaviour
• Reinforcement - likelihood to imitate the behaviour because of a good result

Question 3

Sources of Reinforcement

Answer 3

• the model - parent praised child for imitating their behaviour
• third person - child praised by teacher for imitating the behaviour
• personal - child feels good about his behaviour
• vicariously - child sees parent receive praise by another adult for the behaviour and then wanting to imitate the behaviour