OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING DP5

Question 1

Social Learning Theory

Answer 1

• Learning that occurs by watching another person’s actions and their consequences to guide future behaviour.
• A way individuals learn values, behaviours and attitudes.
  Also referred to as observational learning and modelling, as the person that you observe is known as the model
• More active process than either classical or operant conditioning

Question 2

5-phase process

ARRMR

Answer 2

Attention, retention, reproduction, motivation, reinforcement

Question 3

Attention

Answer 3

Learner actively watches the model

Eg. see the positioning of skis and focus on the details

Question 4

Retention

Answer 4

Remember what you saw

Learner stores mental representation of behaviour

Question 5

Reproduction

Answer 5

Learner has the mental and physical ability to perform the behaviour
Physically capable

Question 6

Motivation

Answer 6

A desire to want to do it
The learner must want to or have a desire to imitate the behaviour
Eg. it’s too cold to ski

Question 7

Intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation

Answer 7

Intrinsic motivation → I want to do it, a desire from within

Extrinsic motivation → reward, a desire from outside myself

Question 8

Reinforcement

Answer 8

A positive outcome means the learner is more likely to repeat the behaviour
Eg. what if I crash or maybe I had the best time

Question 9

Self reinforcement, external reinforcement, vicarious reinforcement

Answer 9

Self reinforcement → I could experience the reinforcement
External reinforcement → the reinforcement is coming from an outside source, eg. money
Vicarious reinforcement → I watch someone do something and their consequence strengthens or weakens the likelihood of me doing that same thing