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.

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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.

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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.

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Prosocial Behavior

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Positive, constructive, helpful behavior. The opposite of antisocial behavior.

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Modeling

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Process of observing and imitating a specific behavior.

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Modeling Violence

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Correlation (not causation) between media violence exposure and aggressive behavior.

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