Social Learning Theory

Question 1

What is vicarious reinforcement?

Answer 1

1. Repeating a behaviour that others get rewarded for

Question 2

What is modelling?

Answer 2

1. When someone produces a behaviour that may be imitated

Question 3

what is identification?

Answer 3

1. When another person identifies with the model, they may absorb observed behaviours

Question 4

What is imitation?

Answer 4

1. Mimicking a behaviour observed from the model

Question 5

What is the mediational process?

Answer 5

1. A mental process that helps us learn something

Question 6

What are the steps to the mediational process?

Answer 6

1. Paying attention
2. Retention (remembering)
3. Motor reproduction (can we actually do it?)
4. Motivation (why do we want to do it?)

Question 7

Explain Bandura’s 1961 bobo doll study

Answer 7

1. Children watches a video of an adult being violent with a bobo doll- do they imitate this behaviour?
2. Other children watches a video of an adult being kind to the bobo doll- do they imitate this behaviour?
3. Boys more aggressive than girls
4. Girls were nearly as aggressive as the boys if they were rewarded for their behaviour

Question 8

Bandura’s 1961 Study Evaluation

Answer 8

1. We can learn through observation
2. Not all children copy what they see on tv
3. Some children might be biologically more aggressive than others