Social learning theory
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- Created on: 19-10-17 09:55
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- The Learning Approach- Social learning Theory
- Agreeing with behaviourists
- Proposed a different way of learning- through imitation and observation of others within a social context
- learning can be direct through conditioning, or indirectly...
- Proposed a different way of learning- through imitation and observation of others within a social context
- Vicarious reinforcement-
- Learning through usually positive reinforcement that others recieve
- Learning through other people's experiences
- Involves some cognitive processes such as thinking, watching, paying attention and remembering
- Mediational Processes-
- 4. Motivation
- The will to reproduce the behaviour (reinforcement dependant)
- 3. Motor Reproduction
- The ability to reproduce that behaviour
- 2. Retention
- How well the behaviour is memorised
- 1. Attention
- The extent to which we notice behaviours
- 4. Motivation
- Identification-
- When an observer associates themselves with a role model and wants to be like them
- The process of imitating a role model is called modelling.
- Role models usually have high statuses or similar characteristics to the observer
- Role models do not have to be present for modelling to occur, which is how role models in the media have an effect
- Case Study-
- Bandura's Bobo doll experiment (1961)
- Three groups of children watched an adult play with a doll aggressively with three outcomes
- Three groups of children watched an adult play with a doll aggressively with three outcomes
- Group 1- the adult shown was punished
- punishment
- These children were still violent, nut the third-most violent
- punishment
- Group 2- the adult shown was praised
- positive reinforcement
- These children were the most violent
- positive reinforcement
- Group 3- the adult shown received no reinforcement
- These children were the second-most violent
- Bandura's Bobo doll experiment (1961)
- SLT provides a more comprehensive explanation of human learning by recognising the role of the mediational processes
- Lab experiments, especially in children, can lead to demand characteristics
- Boys were found to be more aggressive than girls
- This could be due to a hormone factor, such as more testosterone
- Testosterone is linked to aggressive behaviour
- This could be due to a hormone factor, such as more testosterone
- Accounts for how children learn through individuals and through the media
- This can explain how cultural norms are spread through societies
- Reciprocal determinism-
- We learn from our environment but we exert upon this by reproducing the behaviours
- Agreeing with behaviourists
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