Social Learning Theory Flashcards
SLT proposed by?
Albert Bandura
what did Bndura argue about behaviourism?
that OC and CC couldn’t accoun for all human learning and that important mental processes mediate between stimulus and response
4 aspects of our freedom to choose
self-awareness, imagination, consciece, independent will
4 meditational precesses in learning (Bandura)
- attention
- retention
- motor reproduction (imitation)
- motivation
2 ways learning occurs (SLT)
- directly - we experience reinforcement
- indirectly - we observe asociations or reinforcement of others
when is imitation more likely to occur?
when the ovbserved behaviour is rewarded, rather than punished
3 assumptions of SLT
- most behaviour is learnt from experience
- we learn through observation and imitation of others’ behaviour in a social context
- factors like thinking may mediate between stimulus and response
3 types of indirect learning
- observation->imitation
- vicarious reinforcement
- identification
observation-imitation
an individual observes the behaviour of others and may imitate it.
mediating factors may be at play which determine whether the observed behaviour will be imitated
vicarious reinforcement
imitation of an observed behaviour more likely if the behaviour is seen to be rewarded (reinforced) than punished
role of mental factors in learning
intervene (mediate) in learning process to determine if a new response is given
when are observed behaviours reproduced?
at any time. observed behaviours can be stored in LTM and reproduced at a later time
identification
people (esp. kids) more likely to imitate the behaviour of those they identify with (role models) in aprocess clled modelling
role model
someone whose behaviour is imitated, who is seen to have similar characteristics as an observer, have high status, or are attractive
who is usuallyl an imediate role model?
same-sex parents and older parents
