Social Learning Theory - APPROACHES Flashcards
what is the mediational process
the mental processes between stimulus and response
diagram for mediational process
stimulus –> MP –> response
three factors needed to be shown in order for people to learn behaviour shown
imitation, modelling, observation
how is imitation needed in order to learn behaviours
the viewer must be literally able to copy the acts shown to want to do them
how is modelling needed in order to learn behaviours
being able to identify with the actor, e.g. they’re a regular human
what is identification
the idea that you have to be able to identify with the person doing the action in order to copy
who developed the idea of the social learning theory
Bandura
what was the study to show this
Bobo dolls study
three conditions within bobo dolls study
positive, negative and neutral responses to actor’s aggressiveness
results of bobo dolls study
children who saw positive rewardings would copy behaviour
children who saw negative rewardings would not copy
conclusion of bobo dolls study
vicarious reinforcement, identification, modelling and imitation
what is vicarious reinforcement
behaviour strengthening by watching others
