social learning theory Flashcards
who developed social learning theory
albert bandura
how do people learn according to social learning theory
by conditioning observing role models
what are the two types of models
live and symbolic
what is a live model
a real life model e.g parents, teachers
what is a symbolic model
celebrities, characters ect
what is imitation
reproducing behaviour
what is identification
how much the observer relates to the model
does identification increase or decrease imitation of behaviour
increase
are children more likely to copy same sex or different sex models
same sex
what are the 4 mediational processes involved in social learning theory
attention, retention, reproduction and motivation
what is attention
paying attention to the stimuli
what is retention
remembering the stimuli
what is reproduction
deciding whether it is possible to imitate the behaviour
what is motivation
the driving force to imitate behaviour; reinforcement
describe bandura’s bobo doll experiment
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