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?

  Albert Bandura
• What is the Bobo Doll Experiment?

  A study on modeling aggressive behavior
• What do social learning theorists argue about learning?

  It is a cognitive process in a social context
• What is vicarious reinforcement?

  Learning by observing others rewarded
• What are models in social learning theory?

  People we observe and imitate
• What are live models?

  People we know personally
• What are symbolic models?

  Behaviors modeled in media
• What factors influence whether we imitate a model?

  Identification and perceived status
• What are mediational processes?

  Processes between observing and imitating
• What are the four mediational processes?

  Attention, retention, reproduction, motivation
• Why is attention important in imitation?

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

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

  Thinking about performing the observed behavior
• What role does motivation play in imitation?

  Desire to perform the behavior based on outcomes
• How does Katie's observation of Alice demonstrate social learning?

  She imitates Alice's behavior for sweets
• How do behaviorists view learning and performance?

  They see them as the same activity
• How do social learning theorists view learning and performance?

  They see them as separate processes
• What was Bandura's aim in the Bobo Doll study?

  To demonstrate modeling and imitation
• What were the age ranges of children in Bandura's study?

  Three to six years old
• What did children observe in the aggressive model group?

  An adult using aggression on a Bobo doll
• What was a key finding of Bandura's study?

  Children imitated aggressive behavior
• How did boys respond to male versus female aggressive models?

  Boys imitated male models more
• What did Bandura's 1965 variation study demonstrate?

  The power of vicarious reinforcement and punishment
• What is a limitation of Bandura's Bobo Doll study?

  It may lack ecological validity
• What is a criticism of social learning theory regarding mediational factors?

  They cannot be directly observed
• How does social learning theory compare to behaviorism?

  It offers a more detailed understanding of behavior
• What is reciprocal determinism?

  Behavior influences the environment and vice versa
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• What are the key features of social learning theory?

  • Learning through observation
  • Vicarious reinforcement and punishment
  • Mediational processes: attention, retention, reproduction, motivation
  • Role of models: live and symbolic
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of Bandura's Bobo Doll study?

  Strengths:

  • High internal validity
  • Controlled environment
  • Matched participant design

  
  

  Weaknesses:

  • Lacks ecological validity
  • Short-term effects only
  • Inferences about mediational factors