Social Learning Theory

Question 1

Social Learning Theory is learning via ..

Answer 1

Observation

- People learn behaviour by observing another person

Question 2

Attention

Answer 2

Behaviour has to be noticed

Question 3

Retention

Answer 3

The behaviour has to be remembered

Question 4

Reproduction

Answer 4

The person has to be capable of reproducing the behaviour

Question 5

Motivation

Answer 5

There has to be a motivation to repeat the behaviour - this can be intrinsic or extrinsic (internal or external)

Question 6

Role Models

Answer 6

Anyone you can copy behaviour from

Question 7

Identification

Answer 7

Why boys copy boys and girls copy girls- it is the taking of qualities, characteristics and views of another person

Question 8

Vicarious Reinforcement

Answer 8

A person learning something through someone else being rewarded for doing it

Question 9

The Modelling Effect

Answer 9

People copy behaviour they would not have done if not for a model

Question 10

The Eliciting Effect

Answer 10

The observer copies, but slightly differently

Question 11

The Disinhibiting Effect

Answer 11

Someone will copy the behaviour if they see someone doing it without a negative consequence

Question 12

The Inhibitory Effect

Answer 12

People stop doing something because they see a model being punished

Question 13

Vicarious Punishment

Answer 13

Someone is punished for an action therefore the other person learns not to do that

Question 14

Vicarious Extinction

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People stop doing something because they see others have not been rewarded for it

Question 15

Supporting Evidence

Answer 15

Bandura’s work (1961/1963) shows that children do copy aggression (including the same sex model) when aggression is modelled in real life or on the screen

Question 16

How is this Reductionist?

Answer 16

It ignores hormonal imbalances as a reason for human behaviour, so biological theory may account for human behaviour that has not been learnt through observation

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How is this less Reductionist?

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However less reductionist because it does include cognition like other learning theories don’t

Question 18

How is this Deterministic?

Answer 18

It suggests that if you see a role model being rewarded you will copy the behaviour

Question 19

The Modelling Effect

Answer 19

People copy behaviour they would not have done if not for a model