Social Learning Approach Flashcards
2 main assumptions
1) Our behaviour, cognitions and emotions can be influenced by the actual, implied or imagined presence of others
2) all behaviour, cognitions and emoticons can be influenced by social contexts, social environment and groups
Describe and name the name of the study which describes the actual implied or imagined presence of others
Bateson et al. 2006
That images of eyes can promote pro-social behaviour
Where participants were given a drink and were able tod decide to donate mone for it.
Those who saw. Pair of eyes were 3 times more likely to do so
Explain the difference between behaviourism and social learning approach
Although both approaches measure human behaviour as a result of environment and experience within it,
behaviourism assumes that bevahiour is only learnt from an individuals own experiences in its environment, and that the study of the mind should only be focused on these external processes rather and not internal processes.
Whereas social learning approach has a social dimension to it, aswell as cognitive elements assuming that people imitate behaviour aswell
Give main 4 mediating processes and thr name of thr study and the date
Bandura 1977
Attention, retention, motor reproduction and motivation
Name of the bobo doll experiment and three main conclusion from this
Bandura et al (1977), aim was to determine whether or not children imitate thr behaviour of role models that they identity eith, even when they are not present
-Children who observed an aggressive role model acted more aggressively than those who observed a non agressive obne
-child was more likely to imitate the bevahiour of the role model if they could ideinfty with them so eg if they were the same gender as them
-boys acted more aggressively than girls in general
What is vicarious reinforcement and then give a study to support it
-where indovualds observe others face consequences for their actions and then reflect to make judgements about whether they should imitate or not
(Bandura and walters 1963)
-variation of the bobo doll experiment. Some dolls were rewarded for their behvaiour and then others were punished. Children who saw agressive behaviour praised more liekly to do it
How does the Bandura (1977) learning approach support behaviourism
-supports classical conditioning idea of stimulus and response, whether you will pick up upon the behaviors of others after observing them
-supports operant conditioning bc u observe others consequences for their actions
How does bandura 1977 support the cognitive approach
Acknowledges the importance of mediating processes and thr part that they play in interpreting environment and planning new actions
How does bandura 1977 support the biological approach
Bc he found that boys acted more aggressively than girls which could be bc of biological factors such as higher testosterone levels
2 strengths of social learning approach
-More holistic than behaviourism bc rather than limited to just stimulates and response, allows for cognitive factors to explain behaviour aswell. Eg bandura mediating process
Explains how diff people react in diff ways to similar stimuli
-explains cultural differences how children in diff cultures imitate that culture
2 limitations of social learning approach
-fact that bandura found boys to be more aggresive shows biological factors also play a part, therefoe biological factors by themself are not sufficient.
-low ecological validity, bc in bandura, children were introduced to a new unfamiliar environment so perhaps were just acting in the ay that they thought were expected to act and, it’s just a. Doll so unclear whether these behaviour would be replicated towards real people
