Social learning theory

• who was the main psychologist in the social learning theory

  bandura
• what did bandura agree with the behaviourists about

  that most behaviour is learnt from experience
• what idea did bandura propose as a result

  that we learn in a different way: through observation and imitation of others in a social context
• what is the social theory often described as the bridge between and why

  the behaviourist approach and cognitive approach as it focuses on the mental processes involved in learning
• what were the 4 mediational processes proposed by bandura

  ARMM

  attention, retention, motor reproduction and motivation
• what is attention


  noticing the behaviour
• what is retention


  how well the behaviour is remembered
• what is motor reproduction

  the observers ability to reproduce the behaviour
• what is motivation


  the will to perform the behaviour
• what is the observers motivation determined by

  whether the behaviour was rewarded or punished
• when is imitation only likely to occur

  when the behaviour is seen to be rewarded rather than punished
• what is vicarious reinforcement

  learning through observation
• what is the most important part of the observation

  the consequences of behaviour
• who are people more likely to imitate

  people they identify with (identification)
• what is the person someone identifies with called

  their role model
• what is the imitation of behaviour called

  modelling
• what is a persons role model's characteristics

  usually someone who is seen to have similiar traits to them, they are attractive and of higher status
• what is the concrete example of the social learning theory

  bobo doll experiment 1961
• what did the bobo doll experiment aim to test

  if imitative responses would still occur in new settings even in the absence of the role model
• summary of the bobo doll experiments procedure

  groups matched on the basis of pre- existing levels of aggression

  half assigned to aggressive models, other half to non aggressive

  half with same sex model, half with opposite sex model

  played for 10 minutes, then led to another room containing aggressive and non aggressive toys

  imitative behaviour was recorded for 20 minutes
• results of the bobo doll experiment

  children observing aggressive models showed significantly more imitation of models aggression

  children with same sex model imitated significantly more