evaluating the social learning theory
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- Created on: 01-10-18 20:25
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- rejects the notion that learning is purely the outcome of a stimulus-response loop
- recognises importance of cognitive processing of informational stimuli (mediational processes)
- ANDSAGER et al
- MEDIA + HEALTH RELATED BEHAVIOURS
- EVALUATING SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY
- recognises importance of cognitive processing of informational stimuli (mediational processes)
- ISSUES OF CAUSILITY
- SIEGAL et al
- young people who possess deviant attitudes / values would seek out peers with similar attitudes
- difficult to distinguish behaviours that develop because of SLT
- SIEGAL et al
- PERRY et al
- sex role development depends in part on children's tendencies to imitate same-sex individuals more than opposite-sex models
- results show same-sex imitation is a viable mechanism of sex role development
- children learn which behaviours are appropriate to each sex by observing frequencies male + female models perform various responses
- BANDURA
- children who saw adults be rewarded for aggression showed higher levels of aggression in their play
- by including cognitions, Bandura is moving SLT away from behaviourism and into a less scientific, more subjective territory
- ethical issues with Bobo doll experiment
- valid generalisation as test on humans
- tested on children might not be applicable to adults
- EVALUATING SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY
- perceived similarity to a model in an anti-alcohol advertisement was positively related to the messages effectiveness
- provide a positive impact on promotional health campaigns
- indirectly help combat problem behaviours like alcoholism
- application to the real world
- MEDIA + HEALTH RELATED BEHAVIOURS
- Do people learn behaviour from models, or do they seek out models who exhibit behaviour or attitudes they already favour?
- ISSUES OF CAUSILITY
- SIEGAL et al
- young people who possess deviant attitudes / values would seek out peers with similar attitudes
- difficult to distinguish behaviours that develop because of SLT
- SIEGAL et al
- ISSUES OF CAUSILITY
- Cook & Mineka had monkeys watch a video of another monkey reacting with fear to a snake.
- EXAMPLES
- Phillips (1986) found that daily homicide rates in the US almost always increased in the week following a major boxing match
- When the observer-monkeys had a chance to get food, they would not if it involved approaching a snake or a snake-like object (toy snakes).
- strictly scientific - increased validity
- monkeys evolutionary similar to humans
- strictly scientific - increased validity
- EXAMPLES
- explains things behaviourism can't
- The theory does not tell us why a child would be motivated to perform the same behaviours in the absence of the model
- problem generalising between animals/ children /adults
- involves cognitions - less scientific
- ignores nature side of nature/ nurture
- lots of research to support - creditability
- ignores nature side of nature/ nurture
- involves cognitions - less scientific
- Akers - probability of someone engaging in criminal behaviour increases when exposed to model who engages in it
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