Social Learning Theory
- Created by: tillywithwings
- Created on: 28-03-17 12:10
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- Social Learning Theory
- Modelling
- For SL to take place, someone must carry out/model the attitude or behaviour to be leaned
- Individuals that perform this role are called models. There are two main types
- A live model e.g. a parent, teacher, peer
- A symbolic model (someone portrayed by the media) e.g. a TV character
- Models provide examples of behaviour that can be observed by the individual and later reproduced
- Imitation
- Copying the behaviour of others
- When a model is provided, whole patterns of behaviour can be rapidly acquired
- The key determinants to imitated behaviour are:
- Characteristics of the model
- Observers ability to perform the behaviour
- Observed consequences
- Identification
- When an observer associates themselves with a role model and wants to be like the role model
- Research suggests that children are more likely to identify with models who are similar to them e.g. same sex
- Means that an individual is more likely to imitate the model's behaviour
- Modelling
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