SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY Flashcards
The 2 main assumptions of the social learning theory(about learning behaviour
1)our environment can determine the learning of a behaviour
2)an individuals cognitions(free will)
Shapes learning of behaviour
What is imitation
Copying others behaviour
What is vicarious Reinforcement
Reinforcement through observing someone else being positively reinforced for behaviour
- not directly experienced
by still Key factor of imitation
According to Banduras SLT behaviour is learnt:
Directly:
1)classical conditioning
2)Operant conditioning
Indirectly:(learning behaviour from others, not learning directly themselves)
1)Observation
2)Imitation
What ways in which people learn behaviours did SLT(social learning theory) Propose
1)Observation
2)Imitation
The aim (Bandura’s Research-SLT)
Investigate the role of Observational learning for learning Aggressive Behaviour
The method (Bandura’s Research-SLT)
Children watched a video of an adult behaving aggressively towards a Bobo doll
What setting was it conducted in (Bandura’s Research-SLT)
Laboratory setting
Children were split into 3 groups to observe the video
What were the differences in there observations
Group 1-observed the adult being verbally rewarded (for the aggressive behaviour)
Group 2-observed the adult being verbally punished (for the aggressive behaviour)
Group 3-Observed the adult behaving aggressively without any consequence
Results (Bandura’s Research-SLT)
Group 3(without consequences)- children behaviour was least aggressive towards the bobo doll
Group 1(verbally rewarded)-children behaviour was most aggressive
Conclusion (Bandura’s research-SLT)
Shows that observational learning can explain the learning of aggressive behaviour
(As:children showed more aggressive behaviour after observing an adult being Rewarded for aggressive behaviour)
SLT proposed that learning of behaviours are affected/determined by which 2 things?
1)learning of a behaviour can be determined by our environment
2)learning of a behaviour can be shaped by our cognitions
Our cognitions means what
Ability to think/way of thinking
The 4 ways behaviour is learnt that shows that learning of behaviour is. Environmentally determined
1)Identification
2)Imiation
3)Vicarious reinforcement
4)Modelling
What is identification process
More likely to imitate people u identify with
