Social learning theory Flashcards
What is social learning theory?
A response to the cognitive revolution but with a fundamental belief in behaviourism
What is the process of social learning theory?
- Attention
- Retention
- Motor reproduction
- Motivation
What is the attention step?
The person must closely watch the models behaviour
What is the retention step?
The observer must be able to remember the behaviour of the model that has been observed
What is the motor reduction step?
The observer must believe they have the ability to replicate the observed behaviour
What is the motivation step?
Learns must want to demonstrate what they’ve observed
What does social learning theory require?
The learner to identify with the role model as this motivates imitation and modelling
What are the assumptions of social learning theory?
Behaviour is the result of experience and learning also occurs in a social context through observation and imitation, learning relates to consequences of observed behaviour and behaviour is influenced by mediational processes
What is vicarious reinforcement?
Behaviour that is seen to have positive consequences is more likely to be imitated by the observer
What is identification?
Children will imitate role models they identify with
What step are attention and retention?
Learning of behaviour
What step are motor reproduction and motivation?
Performance of behaviour
What was Bandura’s method?
Children aged 3-5 years old were observed either a same sex of opposite sex role models. half of the particpants saw the adult behaving aggressively and half not the adult being calm. The children were taken into a room and told they couldn’t play with these toys to make them angry, and then taken into another with toys they could play with
What were Bandura’s findings?
The children who observed the aggressive behaviour were more aggressive than those who didn’t, boys were more aggressive than girls and there was a greater level of imitation when the same sex model was used
