Social Cognitive Theory

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Who renamed social learning theory as social cognitive theory to emphasise the role of cognitive factors in learning?
Bandura
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In this theory the ------ of info is social (parents & peers) & what's learned is a cognition, something stored in the mind.
Source
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Who proposed that gender role development is the result of learning from social agents who model & reinforce gender role behaviours?
Bandura
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------- reinforcement = children observe the behaviour of others & learn the consequences of the behaviour - this info is stored as an expectancy of future outcome - learning such behaviours is the result of imitation/modelling.
Indirect
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------ reinforcement = although boys & girls may learn the characteristic behaviours of both sexes, they don't perform everything they learn (what they learn doesn't always directly affect them).
Direct
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Direct ------- = kids learn through vicarious reinforcement but also through explicit instructions about appropriate gender behaviour - begins as kids acquire linguistic skills & serves as a way of informing kids of appropriate/inappropriate conduct
Tuition
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The ---- doll studies demonstrated the effects of an adult model on children's aggressive behaviour - can also be applied to gender.
Bobo
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Who found the effects of modelling are limited by existing stereotypes when demonstrating the effect of modelling on gender development? Children only demonstrated modelled same-sex behaviour as long as it didn't go against gender stereotypes.
Perry and Bussey
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Who found that preschool boys played with toys labelled 'boys toys' (direct tuition) even when they saw girls playing with them but didn't play with those labelled 'girls toys' despite seeing other boys playing with them?
Martin et al
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'Instructors' (teachers & parents) don't always practise what they preach & the impact of this tuition is weakened when what's being taught it contradicted by what's being --------.
Modelled
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IDA - Bandura didn't deny the role of the --------- factors in social learning - in terms of gender he recognises the starting point for social learning is knowing what sex you are (which is largely based on biology).
Biological
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IDA - Research has shown that exposure to non-stereotypical info in the ----- can change expectations.
Media
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IDA - Who found stereoytying was reduced when children were shown commercials with women in non-traditional roles? Led to pressure on programme makers to try to use this knowledge to alter such attitudes.
Pingree
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IDA - However, gender inconsistent messages are mis-remembered & therefore have no -----.
Effect
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In this theory the ------ of info is social (parents & peers) & what's learned is a cognition, something stored in the mind.

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------- reinforcement = children observe the behaviour of others & learn the consequences of the behaviour - this info is stored as an expectancy of future outcome - learning such behaviours is the result of imitation/modelling.

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------ reinforcement = although boys & girls may learn the characteristic behaviours of both sexes, they don't perform everything they learn (what they learn doesn't always directly affect them).

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