SLT

• Who proposed social learning theory?


  Albert Bandura
• What part of behaviourism does SLT agree with?

  Behaviour is learned from experience
• How does SLT say people learn?

  Indirectly through observation and imitation of others especially if the other person is rewarded
• How is SLT different from behaviourism?

  It pays attention to the cognitive processes in between stimulus and response
• What is vicarious reinforcement?

  Reinforcement that is not directly experienced by the person but is instead from watching another person be reinforced
• What are the mediation processes?

  Attention, retention, reproduction, motivation
• What is attention in mediational processes?


  A person sees and pays attention to another person's behaviour
• What is retention in mediational processes?

  The person remembers the behaviour they observed
• What is reproduction in mediational processes?


  The person is able to perform the behaviour themselves
• What is motivation in mediational processes?

  They have a reason to perform the behaviour, likely as they have seen the other person get rewarded
• Who are people more likely to imitate?

  Role models they identify with, people with similar characteristics to them or have high status
• What happened in Bandura's study?


  Children were shown an either a video of an adult being aggressive verbally towards and hitting a Bobo doll with a hammer or they watched non-aggressive behaviour, they were then put in a room with a Bobo doll
• What were the results and conclusion of Bandura's study?

  Children who watched the aggressive behaviour were more aggressive than those who didn't, this shows that children will imitate the behaviour of role models
• What happened in Bandura and Walters' study?


  Group one was shown an adult be praised for aggression, group two was shown an adult be punished, group three were shown no outcome
• What was the results and conclusion of Bandura and Walters' study?


  Children in group one showed most aggression followed by three then two, vicarious reinforcement affects children's learning more
• What are the strengths of SLT?

  Recognises the importance of cognitive factors Applicable to real life
• Why is "recognises the importance of cognitive factors" a strength of SLT?

  SLT has mediational processesContrasts behaviourismSLT is a more comprehensive explanation of learning
• Why is "applicable to real life" a strength of SLT?

  Shows how cultural norms are transmitted through imitationAllows us to see how children come to understand things like gender rolesAccounts for real world behaviour
• What are the weaknesses of SLT?

  Lab studies Doesn't look at the biological factors
• Why is "doesn't look at biological factors" a weakness of SLT?

  Bandura said learning is determined by environmentMirror neurons allow us to imitate others Not a comprehensive explanation of learning
• Why is "lab studies" a weakness of SLT?

  Bandura's Bobo doll study was done in a labLacks ecological validityMay not accurately represent children's behaviour