Social Learning Theory Flashcards

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Key assumptions of the SLT

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  • SLT is an extenion of the behaviourist approach
  • Behaviour can be learned from observing an imitating social roles
  • 4 mediational processes (mental processes that occur between the model displaying a behvaiour and the imitation of the observer) attention, retention, reproduction and motivation are involved in learning
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Imitation as a feature of SLT

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Copying behaviours of others to duplicate exactly the behaviour shown by a model

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Modelling as a feature of SLT

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Imitating a role model or role model demonstrating

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Identification as a feature of SLT

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seeing yourself like someone else and wanting to copy them e.g. age, gender and race

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Vicarious reinforcement as a feature of SLT

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Learning through observation of the consequence of actions for other people (reinforcement or punishment)

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Mediational processes

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cognitive factors (attention, retention, reproduction and motivation) occuring between stimulus and response

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Which 2 mediational processes are the learning of behaviour

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attention and retention

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Which 2 mediational processes are the performance of behaviour

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reproduction and motivation

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Attention as a mediational process

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for a behaviour to be imitated, we have to pay attention to it

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Retention as a mediational process

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the behaviour may be noticed but it isn’t always remembered which prevents imitation. Must form a memory of the behaviour for it to be performed by observer

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Reproduction as a mediational process

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whether we are able to perform the behaviour

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Motivation as a mediational process

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whether the percieved rewards outweigh the percieved costs

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What was the aim of Banduras Bobo doll experiment

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To see if role models can influence the behaviour even when no longer present

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What was the procedure of Banduras Bobo doll experiment

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  • 72 children who were 3-6 years old
  • observed an adult moel behaving either aggressively or non aggressively towards an inflatable doll
  • Children were divided into groups, initially by whether they would watch an aggressive or non aggressive model, then by model and whether they would watch the same sex model.
  • Model was in a room with bobo doll, hammer and various toys and one by one the pp’s watched the models behaviour for 10 minutes through a one way mirror
  • pp’s had a delay before going in the room. Researchers observed children for 20 minutes. Their behvaiour was rated on a scale for aggression by multiple observers and inter-rate reliability
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What were the findings of Banduras Bobo doll experiment

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it was found that children who had observed aggressive behaviour acted more aggressive when observed and that boys acted more aggressively than girls. There was also greater level of imitation of behvaiour if role model and child were the same gender

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What was the conclusion of Banduras Bobo Doll experiment

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  • imitation can be seen even after a delay from the learning
  • observing aggressive models can lead to aggressive behaviour being shown
  • the level of imitation is affected by the role models characteristics
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strength of SLTS real world application

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  • used to help inform programmes used to rehabilitate young offenders
  • offenders are offered mentors that are seen as appropriate role models to help reinforce behaviour
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limitation of SLTS reliance on lab experiments

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  • bandura had an artifical environment, meaning demand characteristics were likely
  • also used a doll where the main purpose is to strike it, so children could have been showing behaviour that was expected
  • HOWEVER, extranious variables were eliminated and they were heavily standardised instructions
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Strength of SLTs Hollism

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assumes behaviour is a result of observing and storing informtion and then using it to dictate our behaviour

this is a combination of cognition and behaviourism, making SLT a more complex explanation