social learning theory Flashcards

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who developed social learning theory

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albert bandura

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how do people learn according to social learning theory

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by conditioning observing role models

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what are the two types of models

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live and symbolic

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what is a live model

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a real life model e.g parents, teachers

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what is a symbolic model

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celebrities, characters ect

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what is imitation

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reproducing behaviour

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what is identification

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how much the observer relates to the model

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does identification increase or decrease imitation of behaviour

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increase

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

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same sex

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what are the 4 mediational processes involved in social learning theory

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attention, retention, reproduction and motivation

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what is attention

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paying attention to the stimuli

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what is retention

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remembering the stimuli

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what is reproduction

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deciding whether it is possible to imitate the behaviour

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what is motivation

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the driving force to imitate behaviour; reinforcement

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describe bandura’s bobo doll experiment

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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

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what were the results of banduras bobo doll experiment

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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

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describe bandura’s follow up experiment

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

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what were the results of bandura’s follow up experiment

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

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describe banduras final experiment

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

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what is a strength of bandura’s studies

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controlled

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what is a weakness of bandura’s studies

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aggression may have been produced as a result of demand characteristics

22
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what is a strength of social learning theory

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real life applications

23
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does social learning theory ignore free will

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no (reproduction)

24
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what is a real life application of social learning theory

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

25
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what other research supports social learning theory

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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

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what is a limitation of social learning theory

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it is reductionist