SLT

Question 1

Ao1 3 points

Answer 1

Much of or behaviour is learned from experiences
Through observation and imitation
Therefore may be through indirect experience aka vicarious learning

Question 2

Mediational process

Answer 2

4 mental processes in learning
Attention (exposure)
Retention (memory)
Motor reproduction (physical ability/opportunity)
Motivation (direct/vicarious reinforcement)

Question 3

Bandura

Answer 3

bobo doll experiment
3 groups of 24 children either watched 1. Aggressive adult hitting bobo doll 2. Non aggressive adult 3. Nothing.
Each child taken separately to another room with toys. Experimenter made child angry by not allowing them to play with toys.
Children taken to room with aggressive and non aggressive toys, there for 20 mins and observed through one way mirror

Question 4

Bandura findings

Answer 4

Watched aggressive model = more imitative aggressive responses. Boys more aggressive and more likely to copy same sex models than girls.

Question 5

Strength of bandura

Answer 5

Experiment can be replicated as standardised procedures and instructions were used therefore it was reliable and supports psych As a science

Question 6

Weakness of bandura

Answer 6

Lab studies not ecologically valid so not generalisable to real life.

Question 7

Observation

Answer 7

Through observational learning, social behaviour like aggression can be learnt

Question 8

Identification

Answer 8

Similar in some way to model so identify with them , more likely to imitate them. Age gender

Question 9

Modelling

Answer 9

Form of learning where individuals learn a particular behaviour by observing another individual performing that behaviour

Question 10

Imitation

Answer 10

Action of using someone/thing as a model and copying their behaviour

Question 11

Vicarious reinforcement

Answer 11

Indirect experience. Reinforcement that occurs through observing someone else being punished or reinforced for a behaviour