social learning theory

Question 1

who developed social learning theory

Answer 1

albert bandura

Question 2

how do people learn according to social learning theory

Answer 2

by conditioning observing role models

Question 3

what are the two types of models

Answer 3

live and symbolic

Question 4

what is a live model

Answer 4

a real life model e.g parents, teachers

Question 5

what is a symbolic model

Answer 5

celebrities, characters ect

Question 6

what is imitation

Answer 6

reproducing behaviour

Question 7

what is identification

Answer 7

how much the observer relates to the model

Question 8

does identification increase or decrease imitation of behaviour

Answer 8

increase

Question 9

are children more likely to copy same sex or different sex models

Answer 9

same sex

Question 10

what are the 4 mediational processes involved in social learning theory

Answer 10

attention, retention, reproduction and motivation

Question 11

what is attention

Answer 11

paying attention to the stimuli

Question 12

what is retention

Answer 12

remembering the stimuli

Question 13

what is reproduction

Answer 13

deciding whether it is possible to imitate the behaviour

Question 14

what is motivation

Answer 14

the driving force to imitate behaviour; reinforcement

Question 15

describe bandura’s bobo doll experiment

Answer 15

children observed either an aggressive role model, a non-aggressive role model or no model and bandura observed how they behaved with the doll afterwards

Question 16

what were the results of banduras bobo doll experiment

Answer 16

children who saw an aggressive role model were more likely to behave aggressively and children who saw a same sex model were also more likely to imitate behaviour, especially boys

Question 17

describe bandura’s follow up experiment

Answer 17

the children observed both live and symbolic models to see if the behaviour of the symbolic models would also be imitated

Question 18

what were the results of bandura’s follow up experiment

Answer 18

cartoon models were the most imitated, then filmed models (both symbolic) then finally live models

Question 19

describe banduras final experiment

Answer 19

children observed a model being aggressive to the bobo doll, then either being reinforced or punished. their behaviour was then observed

Question 20

what is a strength of bandura’s studies

Answer 20

controlled

Question 21

what is a weakness of bandura’s studies

Answer 21

aggression may have been produced as a result of demand characteristics

Question 22

what is a strength of social learning theory

Answer 22

real life applications

Question 23

does social learning theory ignore free will

Answer 23

no (reproduction)

Question 24

what is a real life application of social learning theory

Answer 24

tv watersheds - sex, violence and obscene language can only be broadcast after 9pm

Question 25

what other research supports social learning theory

Answer 25

osborne and west - 40% of sons with criminal fathers offended before turning 18 compared to 13% of sons with non-criminal fathers
farringdon et al - the most important risk factor aged 8-10 for offending was family criminality

Question 26

what is a limitation of social learning theory

Answer 26

it is reductionist