social learning theory

Question 1

what is the social learning theory ?

Answer 1

Emphasizes the importance of observing and imitating when learning behavior. It considers how both environmental and cognitive factors interact to influence human learning and behavior.

Question 2

who proposed social learning theory ?

Answer 2

albert bandura

Question 3

what two approaches does the slt combine ?

Answer 3

behaviorist and cognitive

Question 4

what are the mediational processes ?

Answer 4

attention , retention , reproduction and motivation

Question 5

what does the mediational process-attention- refer to ?

Answer 5

the individual observes the behavior and pays attention to it

Question 6

what does the mediational process-retention- refer to?

Answer 6

how well the behavior is remembered

Question 7

what does the mediational process-reproduction- refer to?

Answer 7

ability to perform behavior since we can be limited by physical ability.

Question 8

what does the mediational process-motivation- refer to?

Answer 8

the will to perform behavior

Question 9

is vicarious reinforcement direct or indirect ?

Answer 9

indirect

Question 10

what is vicarious reinforcement ?

Answer 10

you observe someone’s consequences for doing something and desire the same outcome so imitate their behavior

Question 11

what did bandura say about role models?

Answer 11

we sometimes observe them and encode their behavior to then imitate it they’re also usually someone we think portray ourselves in some way

Question 12

if someone’s punished for an action are we more or less likely to imitate it ?

Answer 12

less likely

Question 13

what is identification ?

Answer 13

entification involves adopting behaviours shown by a role model, because they have a quality the individual would like to possess.
or they see qualities of themselves in them

Question 14

how do identification and imitation differ ?

Answer 14

identification is usually adopting a number of behaviors whereas imitation is a single behavior

Question 15

what research did bandura do ?

Answer 15

bobo doll experiment

Question 16

when was first bobo doll experiment ?

Answer 16

1961

Question 17

when was second bobo doll experiment ?

Answer 17

1963

Question 18

what were the three conditions in the first bobo doll experiment ?

Answer 18

condition one = calm adult alone in room
condition two = aggressive adult
condition three= children playing alone in room (controlled group)

Question 19

what happened in the first bobo doll experiment ?

Answer 19

condition one = calm adult alone in room , children entered and played alongside adult.
condition two = aggressive adult , children entered and played alongside adult who verbally and physically abused a bobo doll
condition three= children playing alone in room (controlled group) stayed the same
then children were separated from adult remained in their groups and were told to play alone (without adult)

Question 20

conclusions of 1961 bobo doll experiment

Answer 20

condition one = children with calm adult were the most calm in separate room after experiment
condition two = children with aggressive adult were also aggressive in alone room
condition three= children playing alone in room (controlled group) remained the same

Question 21

what can we infer from 1961 bobo doll experiment ?

Answer 21

the children observed aggressive or calm behavior from the role model and imitated it in separate room

Question 22

what happened in 1963 bobo doll experiment ?

Answer 22

children were showed a video of an adult acting aggressively towards a bobo doll. one group were showed the man being punished one were being showed the man being praised and there group saw no response to the behavior.

Question 23

conclusions of 1963 bobo doll experiment

Answer 23

group who saw adult praised would’ve experienced vicarious reinforcement and acted aggressively

Question 24

what did 1961 bobo doll experiment illustrate ?

Answer 24

learning through observation and imitation (mediational processes)

Question 25

what did 1963 bobo doll experiment illustrate ?

Answer 25

vicarious reinforcement

Question 26

what are the assumptions of the SLT?

Answer 26

• behaviour is learned through experience ( a posteriori)
• learning can be direct and indirect
• learning can be through imitation

Question 27

does role model have to be physically present?

Answer 27

no

Question 28

what is identification?

Answer 28

wyhen observer assiociates themself with a role model and wants to be like that role model

Question 29

what must be present for learning to happen?

Answer 29

cognitive process, the mediational processes

Question 30

does the learned act have to be done immdeiatley

Answer 30

no they can learn and then wait

Question 31

Strengths of SLT

Answer 31

• acknowledges free will and is not as deterministic as the behaviourist approach, for example it acknowledges we have free choice in deciding whether we repeat a learned action and when we do it, its not an automatic process. This is a strength because it accuratly reflects how we view free will in society and has positive implications, responsibility for actions.
• Can explain cultural differences and attitudes towards gender. it shows how we learn from the interactions and observations of the people around us and because we are observing different people we have different view points. This is a beter explanatin than biological which would assume gender is universal. More succesfully allows us to understand differences in gender and culture.

Question 32

Weaknesses of SLT

Answer 32

• one disadvantage of SLT, is that the research support is a lab study and was prone to demand charcetoristics, the children may have been behaving how they thought they should behave not showing the process of learning, therefore we dont fully understand how children learn agressive behaviour
• ignores bioloy - the boys were consistently more agressive than females- perhaps this is due to hormone levels - they have more testosterone which is associated with agression - this means that SLT doesnt acount for this and thus doesntly fully explain human behaviour

Question 33

summary A01

Answer 33

• ASSUMPTIONS
• DIRECT - OBSERVATION - IMITATION - INDETIFICATION - MODEELING
• INDIRECT - VICARIOUS RIENFORCEMENT
• MEDIATIONAL PROCESSES

Question 34

difference between the first two and last two meditaional processes

Answer 34

first two are the learning of the behaviour

last two are the performance of the behaviour

Question 35

does the learned act have to be done immdeiatley

Answer 35

no they can learn and then wait

Question 36

what are mediational processes?

Answer 36

cogntiive factors that influence learning and come between stimulus and response