Social Learning Theory - Approaches

• What does Social Learning Theory propose about behavior?


  Behavior is learned from the environment through observation and imitation.
• How does learning occur according to Social Learning Theory?


  Learning occurs through direct reinforcement and indirect reinforcement.
• What is vicarious reinforcement?


  Learning through observing the consequences of another person's behavior.
• What is identification in the context of Social Learning Theory?


  When people associate themselves with and want to be like their role models.
• What are the mediational processes in Social Learning Theory?


  Cognitive factors that come between stimulus and response.
• What are the four mediational processes identified in Social Learning Theory?


  Attention, retention, reproduction, and motivation.
• What does 'attention' refer to in the mediational processes?


  How much we notice the behavior of others.
• What does 'retention' refer to in the mediational processes?


  How much we remember the observed behavior.
• What does 'reproduction' refer to in the mediational processes?


  The ability to reproduce the observed behavior.
• What does 'motivation' refer to in the mediational processes?

  The will to perform the observed behavior.
• What were the findings of Bandura's 1st experiment?


  Children who observed the aggressive adult behaved more aggressively towards the bobo doll.
• How did boys' aggression compare to girls' in Bandura's experiments?


  Boys tended to behave more aggressively than girls.
• What are the weaknesses of Social Learning Theory?


  • Underestimates the influence of other factors in behavior
  • Overreliance on lab studies