SLT Eval.

Question 1

SLT fails to consider

Answer 1

• Undervalues the influence of biological factors on social learning
• HOWEVER it does recognise the role of cognitive factors

Question 2

FURRI - SLT

Universal

Answer 2

Is applicable to all (children) but does not explain all behaviours, eg. some types of aggression

Question 3

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Research support

Answer 3

• Evidence but experiments conducted in unnatural and controlled settings. The children may have responded to demand characteristics due to knowing they were being observed.
• Bobo Doll ➞ Bandura
• Cannot use scientific method to study mediational processes

Question 4

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Real world application

Answer 4

• Able to explain cultral difference in behaviour
• Imitation and reinforcement accounts for how children learn from others around
• Helps understand a range of behaviours (e.g. how children come to understand their gender role)
• Points above increase validity

Question 5

FURRI - SLT

Issues and debates

Answer 5

Reciprocal determinism
- Type of soft determinism
- Your interaction influences your behaviour and your behaviour influences someone else