Social learning theory

• What is social learning theory?

  Describes learning via not only operant and classical conditioning, but imitation observing indirect reinforcement of others behaviour modelling and thinking
• What is imitation?

  Copying the behaviour of others
• What is identification?

  When a person associates themselves with a role model and wants to be like them
• What is modelling?

  Imitating the behaviour of a particular role model or a person can model a behaviour that may be copied by an observer
• What is vicarious reinforcement?

  Learning from seeing the model being either reinforced/punished. Not directly experienced by the observer
• What is meditational processes?

  Cognitive factors that influence learning eg. attention, memory, motor skills, motivations etc