Psych Boost Social Learning Theory

• What is behaviorism classed as?

  A learning theory
• How do we learn according to behaviorism?

  Through stimuli response mechanisms
• What happens when we experience a reward for our behavior?

  We are more likely to repeat it
• What is the effect of punishment on behavior?

  It likely stops the behavior
• Do we need to experience rewards and punishments ourselves to learn?

  No, we can learn by observing others
• Who is a prominent social learning theorist mentioned?

  Albert Bandura
• What is vicarious reinforcement?

  Learning by observing others rewarded
• What do social learning theorists argue about learning?

  It is a cognitive process in social contexts
• What is the Bobo Doll Experiment?

  A study on children's imitation of aggression
• What happens when children observe aggressive behavior?

  They are more likely to imitate aggression
• How does gender affect imitation in Bandura's study?

  Boys imitate male models more than female
• What is the role of mediational factors in social learning theory?

  They are processes between observation and imitation
• What are the mediational processes in social learning theory?

  • Attention
  • Retention
  • Reproduction
  • Motivation
• Why is attention important in the imitation process?

  You must watch carefully to reproduce behavior
• What does retention refer to in social learning theory?

  Memory of the observed behavior
• What is reproduction in the context of social learning?

  Thinking if you can perform the behavior
• What does motivation involve in the imitation process?

  Desire to reproduce the behavior for rewards
• How do behaviorists view learning and performance?

  They see them as the same activity
• How does social learning theory differ from behaviorism?

  Learning can occur without immediate performance
• What was Bandura's aim in his Bobo Doll study?

  To demonstrate modeling and imitation concepts
• What did Bandura find regarding children who observed aggression?

  They were more likely to be aggressive
• What does vicarious reinforcement demonstrate?

  Children imitate rewarded behavior
• What is a limitation of Bandura's Bobo Doll study?

  It may lack ecological validity
• What is reciprocal determinism?

  Behavior and environment influence each other
• How does social learning theory view consciousness?

  It includes consciousness and rationality
• What is a benefit of social learning theory over behaviorism?

  It explains complex behaviors like aggression
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• What are the key features of social learning theory?

  • Learning through observation
  • Importance of models
  • Vicarious reinforcement and punishment
  • Mediational processes