social learning theory Flashcards
what are the key assumptions?
people learn through the observation and imitation of others in a social context
what are vicarious reinforcements?
when a behavior is reinforced by watching a behavior having a consequence
what are the 4 stages of learning proposed by bandura?
- attention- observation of behavior
- retention- the behavior is remembered
- motor reproduction- the ability to reproduce the behavior
- motivation- the will to preform the behavior often decided by reward or punishment
what are the two summary stages of learning and when do they occur?
the learning and performance of behavior, they do not have to occur together as behavior may be stored and preformed and later times
what is identification?
when a person imitates their role model
when was bandura’s main experiment?
1961
how many children did bandura use?
72
What were bandura’s 3 conditions?
24 saw a aggressive role model
24 saw a non-aggressive role model
24 saw no role model
what were bandura’s finding?
those who saw a aggressive role model behaved more violently and were more attracted to guns despite them not being used by the role model
who conducted a follow up study on bandura’s 1961 experiment?
bandura and Walters
what were the 3 conditions of the follow up study?
the groups saw the behaviour of aggression wither having : no consequence, punishment or rewards
what were the findings of bandura’s follow up study?
those who saw the behaviour reward were more likely to behave aggressively where as those who saw it punished were less likely to replicate the behaviour, those who saw it having no consequence were in the middle
what were the implications of bandura’s research?
censorship to what children see using age rating especially on video games and movies
what is a strength to do with cognition?
the approach recognizes that there is a cognitive process involved as we can choose whether to repeat a behavior or not
what is the strength involved with culture?
it explains cultural differences as some cultures value it whilst others don’t
why is this approach less deterministic?
it says we learn a behaviour but can choose and have to have the motivation to repeat it.
what is reciprocal determinism?
we influence our environments, as we choose a environment which will reward the behaviour (choose video games to outlet anger and the games also reward anger)
what is a weakness of the lab studies used?
they use artificial tasks for example the children had never played with bobo before so repeated what they saw, there are also demand characteristics
what is a biological weakness of this approach?
the importance of hormones as boys will be more aggressive despite having similar role models
