SLT

Question 1

How is agg learnt according to bandura?

Answer 1

-agg is learnt in social context
-slt doesn’t deny biological factors play a role in acquiring agg behaviours but the main factor is that agg is learnt

Question 2

Direct learning

Answer 2

When someone directly experiences consequences of behaviour (pos/neg reinforcement)

Question 3

Indirect learning

Answer 3

When someone learns the consequences of a behaviour through others
Watching someone else being rewarded or punished for a behaviour

Question 4

Observational learning

Answer 4

Child may learn agg behaviour through observing agg role models such as parents/siblings/friends/media

Question 5

Vicarious reinforcement

Answer 5

If a model’s use of agg to achieve a goal is punished an observing child is less likely to imitate behaviour

Question 6

Meditational processes

Answer 6

Attention to agg
Retention (remembering agg)
Motor reproduction (transfers mental rep of agg into physical)
Motivation (reason to motivate agg beh)

Question 7

Self efficacy

Answer 7

Extent to which we believe our actions will achieve a desired goal
Childs confidence in ability to be agg grows as they learn agg can bring rewards

Question 8

Strength of slt

Answer 8

Supporting research
Poulin + bolvin found agg boys between 9-12 were friends with other agg boys
Friendships reinforced each boys agg behaviour through modelling
Provides r/s for role of obs learning g + vicarious reinforcement in onset of agg beh

Question 9

Strength of slt (reduce)

Answer 9

Can help reduce agg
Kids imitate when observe being rewarded for any beh + especially when they identify with them
One way to rescue is to reward non agg models to encourage kids to
Slt offers practical steps to reduce development of agg beh in kids

Question 10

Limitation of slt

Answer 10

Underestimates influence of biological factors
Bandura recognised role of biology cause he accepted the is an urgent to be agg that us instinctive in nature
But was equally clear that the form of agg is learnt + outcome is nurture
Despite this their r powerful bio explanations of agg
Slt acknowledges these but doesn’t explain
Slt is an incomplete explanation of agg as it underplays role of biological factors

Question 11

Limitation of slt experiment

Answer 11

Bono doll has low mundane realism results could have been affected by dc
Social desireabillty bias e.g purpose of ex was to hit doll aggressively kids may have dine what was expected
Influence of modelling imitation +mediational processes maybe slight in case of agg
Slt may be a limited explanation

Question 12

Bandura et al’s research

Answer 12

-kids observed adult assaulting bobo doll (throwing/kicking/hitting/verbal outbursts)
-short period - kids weren’t allowed to play with attractive toys that caused frustration
-taken to another room with a bobo doll
-without being instructed to thy imitated the behaviour of adults
-direct copy of phrases etc
-boys imitated more physical agg
-boys were more likely to imtate same sex adult
-also another group didn’t show any agg when saw adults showing no agg