The Learning Approach: Social Learning Theory
- Created by: Georgia O'Keeffe
- Created on: 06-05-17 15:47
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- The Learning Approach: Social Learning Theory
- basic assumptions
- behaviour is learned from the environment = does not regard genetics as an influence on behaviour
- behaviour is learnt from observing others and the reinforcement/punishment they receive.
- Bandura's research - is a learning theorist whose theory considers the thought processes that underlie our behaviour
- key concepts
- imitation - someone observes the behaviour of a role model and copies it.
- identification - someone is influenced by another and wishes to be like them
- modelling - when someone is influential
- 4 mediational processes - these are thoughts prior to imitation
- attention - must occur for a behaviour to be imitated
- retention - remember the behaviour
- reproduction - being physically able to carry out the behaviour
- motivation - rewards and punishments will be considered. if the vicarious reinforcement is not seen to be important enough, you would not imitate the behaviour
- Evaluation of the Learning Approach
- SLT takes thought processes into account and acknowledges the role they play in deciding if a behaviour will be imitated
- successfully explains the imitation of certain behaviours, eg why someone would start smoking
- learning theory does not fully explain all behaviour, especially when there is no apparent role model
- social learning theorists use a variety of research methods = can be criticised for being unscientific
- basic assumptions
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