social learning theory Flashcards
what film demonstrated SLT
a clockwork orange
what does SLT recognise which behaviourism does not
the influence of cognitive factors
SLT says we learn through
observation and imitation
modelling is the process of
observing others and then mimicking the behaviour
what is vicarious reinforcement
when we observe someone being rewarded for a behaviour and so also doing that behaviour as we want the same reward
who investigated vicarious reinforcement
Bandura
outline Bandura and Walters 1963
children are put into 3 groups and witness an adult acting aggressively towards a Bobo doll. Group1 sees the adult being praised, group 2 no consequence and group 3 punished. group 3 children behaved less aggressively and group 1 more.
what are the meditational processes
attention, retention, motor reproduction and motivation
what is attention
paying attention to the behaviour
what is retention
remembering the behaviour
what is motor reproduction
the ability to repeat the behaviour
what is motivation
the desire to receive the consequence
who are role models
people we look up to and are likely to copy
identification is more likely to occur with someone
who is the same age, gender and has power or success
