Social Learning Theory Flashcards
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What is SLT?
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- proposed by Bandura
- SLT is the developmennt of behaviourism
- behaviourism suggests that learning occurs through classical and operant conditioning
- SLT suggests that learning can also occur through the observation of models/others behaviours.
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What is modelling?
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- the demonstration of a behaviour that may be limited. An individual who performs this role is referred to as a model.
3
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What is imitation?
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- the copying of a modelled behaviour
4
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Who researched into SLT?
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Bandura + Walters {1963}
4
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What is vicarious reinforcement and punishment?
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- If we see the model being reinforced for a behaviour, we are more likely to imitate.
- if we see a model being punished, we are less likely to imitate it.
- This is vicarious reinforcement.
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What did Bandura do to research SLT?
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- To support SLT, Bandura conducted a series of experiments.
- The experiments known as ‘Bobo dolls’ were used as they involved the use of life-sized inflatable clown dolls.
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What was Bandura’s procedure?
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- young children aged 3-5 were split into 3 groups.
- all the children watched a film of an adult behaving aggressively towards a Bobo doll.
- The adult model displayed distinctive Physical and verbal aggressive acts towards the Bobo doll.
- after watching, the children are left in a room to play with the doll.
- the children’s behaviour is then watched.
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What did Group 1 observe?
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Aggressive adult being reinforced
8
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What did Group 2 observe?
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Aggressive adult being punished
9
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What did Group 3 observe?
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did not observe the aggressive adult model being reinforced or punished.
10
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What did Bandura find?
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- Group 1 observed aggression and behaved aggressively.
- Group 2 observed aggression being punished and behaved least aggressively.
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What did Bandura Conclude?
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- Children are more likely to imitate aggressive behaviour if they observe the model being reinforced for it.
- Children are less likely to imitate aggressive behaviour if they observe the model being punished.
- This supports SLT and the concept of vicarious reinforcement and punishment.
12
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What are the meditational processes purpose?
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- they are cognitive processes
- they determine whether imitation occurs or not
13
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What are the 4 meditational processes?
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Attension
Retention
Motor reproduction
Motivation
14
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What is Attension?
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- The extent to which an observer makes a modelled behaviour.
- If it is imitated, the observer notices it.
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What is Retension?
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- The extent to which an observer remembers a modelled behaviour.
- For a behaviour to be imitated, the observer must remember it.
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What is Motor reproduction?
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- The ability of an observer to perform a modelled behaviour.
- For it to be imitated, the observer must be able to perform it.
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What is Motivation?
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- The will of the observer to perform a modelled behaviour.
- This is given based upon whether the model was rewarded or punished for performing that behaviour.
