Paper 2 - Approaches

Question 1

What is imitation in SLT?

Answer 1

copying the behaviour of others

Question 2

what is identification in SLT?

Answer 2

when an observer associates themselves with a role model and wants to be like them

Question 3

what is modelling in SLT?

Answer 3

imitating the behaviour of a role model

Question 4

what is vicarious reinforcement in SLT?

Answer 4

not directly experienced but occurs through observing someone else being reinforced for a behaviour

Question 5

definition of mediational processes

Answer 5

cognitive factors that influence learning and come between stimulus and response

Question 6

what are the 4 mediational processes in SLT

Answer 6

1) attention
2) retention
3) motor reproduction]
4) motivation

Question 7

what is the definition of the cognitive approach?

Answer 7

focuses on how our mental processes affect our behaviour

Question 8

what are internal mental processes?

Answer 8

‘private’ operations of the mind such as perception and attention that mediate between stimulus and response

Question 9

what is the definition of schema?

Answer 9

a mental framework of beliefs and expectations that influence cognitive processing
- they are developed from experience and environment

Question 10

what is the definition of inference?

Answer 10

the process whereby cognitive psychologists draw conclusions about the way mental processes operate on the basis of observed behaviour