Social Learning Theory

• Mediational Processes

  1. Attention - whether we notice the behaviour
  2. Retention - whether we remember the behaviour
  3. Motor Reproduction - whether we are able to perform the behaviour
  4. Motivation - whether the perceived rewards outweigh the perceived costs
• Identification


  A desire to be with a person/group of people as they have desirable characteristics
• Imitation


  Copying behaviour
• Role Model


  Someone who has similar characteristics to the observer and has a high status
• A strength of SLT

  It recognises the importance of cognative behaviours
• A weakness of SLT

  It uses lab studies which have been criticised for there being demand characteristcs
• Banduras Bobo Doll Research 


  Shows how behaviour is learned through observation -the children watching- of others actions -usually role models for example the adults- and the rewards/punishment they recieve
• Vicarious Reinforcement

  Increasing the frequency of a behaviour to gain a reward or to avoid a punishment
• Observational Learning- learning by watching others and imitating their behaviour