SLT

Question 1

emphasises the importance of cognitive factors in learning

Answer 1

neither operant or classical conditioning can provide a comprehensive account for learning because cognitive factors are involved
humans and animals use others to store information about behaviour and use those judgements to perform certain tasks.
slt provides a more complete explanation than the behaviorist approach because it recognises mediational processes.

Question 2

heavily relies on the evidence from lab studies

Answer 2

many of banduras ideas developed through observation of children’s behaviour in lab settings which raises the problem of demand characteristics.
the whole point of the Bobo doll was to hit it so children might have behaved in the way they were expected to behave
tells us little about how aggression develops in children in everyday life.

Question 3

influence of biological factors

Answer 3

a consistent finding in the bobo doll experiment was that boys showed more aggression than girls no matter what the specifics of the experimental condition is.
this may be explained by the differences in testosterone levels that present in boys which are linked to aggression.
bandura may have underplayed the influence of biological factors on slt