Social Learning Theory Flashcards

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What is social learning theory

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It is the theory that behaviour is learnt through both direct and indirect reinforcements with the role of cognitive factors

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Who created the social learning theory

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Albert Bandura

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Did bandura agree with behaviourists

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Yes but there was still a difference

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What was the difference in what bandura thought and what the behaviourists thought

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His theory produced a different approach in how people learn, which is through the observation and imitation of others

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Define vicarious reinforcement

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Reinforcement which is not directly experienced but occurs through observing someone else being reinforced for a behaviour and this is a key elements of imitation.

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What is imitation

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Coping the behaviour of others

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What are mediational processes

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They are cognitive factors that influence learning and come between stimulus and responses

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What are the 4 mediational processes

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Attention, retention, Motor reproduction and motivation

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What is attention

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When the participant notices something

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What is retention

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How well the behaviour is remembered

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What is motor reproduction

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The ability of the observer to perform the behaviour

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What is motivation

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The will to perform the behaviour, which is often determined by if there is a reward or not

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What do attentions and retention represent

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The learning of behaviour

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What do motor reproduction and motivation represent

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The performance of the behaviour

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What is identification

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When an observer associates themselves with a role model and wants to be like them

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What is a role model

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Someone you look up to, has similar characteristics, has good qualities

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What is modelling

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The process of imitating a role model

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What was Bandura first experiment

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Where he recorded how children, who watched adults behave in an aggressive way towards Bodo Dolls, would react if the same situation was presented to them

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What was seen from Banduras first experiment

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That children who witnessed aggressive behaviour, would imitate that behaviour onto the toys

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Who was the other person who conducted the 2nd study with bandura

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Walter

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What was the Bandura and Walter experiment

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showed videos to children where an adult behaved aggressivly towards the Bobo doll. One group of children saw the adult praised for their behaviour. A second group saw the adult punished for their aggression towards the doll,by being told of. The third group (control goup) saw the aggression without any consequnce.

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what is the 1st strength of SLT

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P- recognises the importance of cognitive factors in learning
E-Neither classical or operant conditioning can offer adequate account of learning on their own
E- Humans and animal store information about the behaviour of others and use this to make judgments about when it is appropriate to perform certain actions.
L- provides a more comprehensive explanation of human learning by recognising the role of mediational processes

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what is the counterpoint of the 1st strength

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P- critisised for the lack of reference on biological factors on social learning
E-although he claimed natural biological differenced had an influence, he though learning itself was determined by the enviroment
E- recent researches show that this may be a result of mirror neaurons in the brain which allows us to emphasis with and imitate other
L- biological factors where ubder-emphasisted

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what is the 2nd strength

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P - SLT principles have been applied to a range of real world behaviours
E- SLT has the advantage of being able to explain cultural differences in behaviour. The principles such as modelling, imitation and reinforcement account for how children learn from
others around them including the media.
E- This is useful in understanding a range of behaviours, such as how children come to understand their gender role
L- This increases the value of the approach as it can account for real world behaviour

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What is the 1st limitation of SLT

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P -that the evidence based was gathered through lab studies
E- Many of Bandura’s ideas were developed through observation of young children’s behaviour in a lab. Lab studies are often criticised for their contrived nature where participants may respond to demand characteristics.
E- in relation to the Bobo doll, the main purpose of the doll is to strike it, the children were simply behaving in that way as that was expected
L- This suggest that the research may tell us little about how children actually learn aggression in everyday life.

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what is the 3rd strength of SLT

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P - Bandura emphasize reciprocal determinism
E-In the sense that we are not merely influenced by our external environment but we also exert an influence upon it through the behaviours we wish to perform
E- This element of choices suggests that we have some free will
L- This contrasts with the behaviourist approach which denies the possibility of free will.

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what is reciprocal determinism

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the theory set forth by Bandura which states that a person’s behavior both influences and is influenced by personal factors and the social environment

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