Social Learning Theory Flashcards

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What is the social learning theory

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Behaviour learnt from environment

Behaviour learnt from observing others and the reinforcement or punishment they receive

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What is identification

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When individual is influenced by another

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What is imitation

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When individual observes behaviour from role model and copies

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What is modding

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When someone is influential on another

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What is vicarious reinforcement

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Observer sees reinforcement model receives. They see someone else get reward so they copy

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What are mediating processes?

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Processes prior to imitation

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What’s attention

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To imitate the behaviour has to grab our attention

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What’s retention

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Behaviour may be noticed but not always remembered

Important memory is formed

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Reproduction ?

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Limited by physical ability

Even if we want to reproduce behaviour we can’t

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What’s motivation

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If perceived reward outweigh costs - behaviour is more likely to be imitated

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Evaluation of social learning theory

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Takes thought processes into account
Successfully explain initiation of certain behaviours

Not a full explanation for all behaviour

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What was the bandura bobo doll experiment devised for?

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To examine the role of a model on influencing an observers behaviour

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Aims of bandura study

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Examine effect of continual effect of model

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Findings of bandura

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Children who observed aggressive behaviour acted more aggressively when observed - boys acted more aggressively than girls

Greater level of imitation if role model same gender as child

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Conclusions of bandura

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Behavioural effect from observing behaviour

Behaviour will continue after delay

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