Who first attempted to study observational learning experimentally?
Edward Thorndike
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Through their research, what did Thorndike & Watson conclude?
That learning can result only from direct experience & not from indirect/vicarious experience
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A child watches his father folding the laundry. He later picks up some clothing & imitates folding them. What is this an example of?
Observational learning
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In Bandura, Ross, & Ross’s Bobo Doll Experiment (1961), what was the age range of participants?
3-6 years
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In Bandura, Ross, & Ross’s Bobo Doll Experiment (1961), how many conditions were used?
3
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There are four main observational learning processes; attentional, retention, motor reproduction & ______?
Motivational
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What is the definition of motor reproduction processes?
The person needs to do the behaviour
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Which observational learning process includes modelled events & observer characteristics (e.g. arousal/concentration)?
Attention
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What type of motivation occurs when the reward is expected based on observations?
Vicarious motivation
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A reward imposed from outside by others is ______ whereas a reward imposed from outside by self is ______
Extrinsic motivation; Self-reinforcement
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Bandura & Walters (1963) refer to the 3 effects of imitation. What does inhibition mean?
A response that was going to be made is changed when the observer sees a model being punished
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Bandura & Walters (1963) refer to the 3 effects of imitation. What does dis-inhibition mean?
A reduction in fear by observing a model's behaviour go unpunished in a feared activity
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Bandura proposed that the person, the environment & the person’s behaviour itself all interact to produce the person’s subsequent behaviour. What did he name this model?
Reciprocal determinism
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What is an example of observational learning?
Bannister & the 4-minute mile
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People with a strong sense of self-efficacy:
Recover quickly from setbacks & disappointments
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People with a weak sense of self-efficacy:
Focus on personal failings & negative outcomes
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Social Learning Theory changed it's name in 1986. What was it's new name?
Social Cognitive Theory
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Through their research, what did Thorndike & Watson conclude?
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That learning can result only from direct experience & not from indirect/vicarious experience
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A child watches his father folding the laundry. He later picks up some clothing & imitates folding them. What is this an example of?
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In Bandura, Ross, & Ross’s Bobo Doll Experiment (1961), what was the age range of participants?
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In Bandura, Ross, & Ross’s Bobo Doll Experiment (1961), how many conditions were used?
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