Unit 4 - Learning by Observation Flashcards
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Observational Learning (Bandura) / Social Learning Theory
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Learning by observing and imitating others.
2
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Mirror Neurons
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Frontal lobe neurons that fire when performing certain actions or when observing another doing so.
3
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Bobo Doll Study - Albert Bandura
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Hypothesized that children would imitate aggressive behavior they observed. Children imitate good and neutral behaviors as well as bad ones.
4
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Prosocial Behavior
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Positive, constructive, helpful behavior. The opposite of antisocial behavior.
5
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Modeling
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Process of observing and imitating a specific behavior.
6
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Modeling Violence
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Correlation (not causation) between media violence exposure and aggressive behavior.
