social learning theory Flashcards
who founded social learning theory?
Albert Bandura
what was Banduras belief?
like BEHAVIOURISTS, behaviour is learnt through INTERACTIONS WITH THE ENVIROMENT
- SOME behaviour is learnt directly through operant and classical conditioning.
- but MOST behaviour is learnt INDIRECTLY through OBSERVATION and IMITATION of others
outline the bobo doll study
to investigate whether children learn aggression through observation
- 36 boys (age 3-6)
- 36 girls (age 3-6)
- matched pairs
- children were divided equally into groups with different IV conditions: one aggressive condition (adult aggressive towards 5 foot inflatable bobo doll), one non-aggressive condition (adult ignored bobo doll, playing quietly with a construction toy)
and one control group of children where there was no adult model
negatives of SLT
- lacks ecological validity
- ignores biological factors (eg hormones causing the aggression)
define MODELLING
the imitating of behaviour of a role model
what are the 2 types of model
- live
- symbolic
what is meant by a live model?
real life people, seen face to face (seen as most effective)
what is meant by a symbolic model?
those seen on tv, in magazines etc. not face to face
benefits of using models
learning can happen much QUICKER compared to when using classical and operant conditioning
true or false:
Social Learning Theory suggests there is SOME ‘free will’
TRUE
define IDENTIFICATION
the extent to which an individual relates to a model and feels that he/ she is similar to the model.
people are more likely to imitate the behaviour of those they identify with/ relate to
what are the 4 meditational processes?
(these determine whether a new behaviour is learnt)
attention
retention
motor reproduction
motivation
define ATTENTION
the extent to which we notice certain behaviours
(learning)
define RETENTION
how well the behaviour is remembered
(learning)
define MOTOR REPRODUCTION
the ability of the observer to perform the behaviour
(doing)
