Psychology: Social Learning Theory

Question 1

Who developed SLT?

Answer 1

Developed by Albert Bandura in the 1960s

Question 2

What theory does SLT agree with?

Answer 2

Behaviourist approach

Question 3

What is various Reinforcement?

Answer 3

When a behaviour is imitated because they see it being reinforced is someone else

Question 4

The 4 mediational processes

Answer 4

• Attention
• Retention
• Motor reproduction
• Motivation

Question 5

Bandura’s 1961 experiment

Answer 5

Children who are exposed to aggressive role models are more likely to display the same aggressive tendencies then children who don’t. This is seen in bandura’s experiment especially in the boys who have higher testosterone levels that SLT can explain.

Question 6

Bandura’s 1963 experiment

Answer 6

Children that seen aggressive behaviour being recorded are more likely to retain and replicate that behaviour as they themselves seen the reward. Vicarious Reinforcement. However children that have seen the role model being punished for aggressive behaviour are less likely to replicate that behaviour because of vicarious punishment.

Question 7

Structure of Paragraphs

Answer 7

AO1:
Paragraph 1 - define SLT and explain both vicarious Reinforcement and the mediational processes and what that entails.
Paragraph 2 - Bandura’s experiment 1961 and 1963
AO3:
Paragraph 1: (Strength) Cultural differences - West thin –> East less body images. Thin = reward. Anorexia nervosa
Paragraph 2: (Limitation) Fails to consider biological factors such as inheritance of genes (Anorexia nervosa). Bandura’s SLT boys testerone. SLT incomplete experiment
Paragraph 3: (Strength) Has real life application. Asker’s (1998) people expenses to criminal role model are more likely to commit criminal acts like in Bandura’s experiment with role models. Positive reinforcement reduces criminality
Paragraph 4: (Limitation) All of Bandura’s research was done in a lab in a controlled environment so can’t be used in real life. Can distinguish if the behaviour show will be expressed in real life. Low mundane realism

Question 8

What is SLT?

Answer 8

Emphasizes the importance of observing, modeling, and imitating the behaviors, attitudes, and emotional reactions of others