A01

• What does SLT suggest ?

  The learning occurs both directly in CC and OC and indirectly through vicarious reinforcement
• What are the following stages of learning that are assumed to occur during SLT?

  • Observer identifies themselves with the role models
  • Model acts a certain behaviour and the observer tends to copy it
  • The likelihood of the observer copying the behaviour is increased if the model is seen the vicarious reinforce or rewarded
  • The consequence of the observed behaviour was more important than observing the behaviour alone
• What is a role model?


  Someone whom the observer identifies with
• What characteristics does the role model usually have?

  Attractive

  High social status

  Similar in age

  Same gender
• What are the two types of modelling?


  Live and symbolic
• What does a symbolic model mean?

  Actions are portrayed in another medium like television, videotapes, computer games
• What does a live model mean - Someone performing the behaviour in front of the observer
• What is identification - The process where the observer relates/associates themselves with the role model
• What is vicarious reinforcement - Type of indirect learning where the observer learns by watching their role model be rewarded for a certain behaviour
• What does vicarious reinforcement do - Motivates the observer to imitate the behaviour by judging the likelihood of receiving a similar outcome
• What does meditation processes mean - It's a cognitive process that mediates between a stimulus and a response
• What are the 5 meditational processes -

  Attention

  Retention

  Motivation

  Motor ability
• What does attention mean - The observer must pay attention to the model
• What does retention mean - The observer must be able to remember the behaviour they observed
• What does motivation mean - The observers must be willing to demonstrate what they learned
• What does motor ability mean - They need to have the ability to repeat the behaviour they observed