slt

• social learning theory - slt
• bandura developed slt in the 1960s
• slt agrees with the idea of learning through conditioning but claims they also learn from role models
• modelling - involves observing and immitating the model
• identification - identifying with the model - they might have positive characteristics
• reinforcement - posiitve and negative can increase liklihood of behaviour reoccuring
• vicarious reinforcement - seeing others being rewarded so they immitate the behaviour
• 4 steps - ARRM
• a - attention - have to pay attention to understand the bheaviour
• r - retention - need to remember what it was the model did
• r - reproduction - need to judge your ability to reproduce the behaviour
• m - motivation - if there is a good reward you are more likely to immitate
• slt is reductionist - explains things through very basic cause and effect
• bandura - 72 children - showed video group one playing nicely - group two being agressive - group three no video - group two were most afressive - effect had been stronger if video showed adult of same gender - identification
• con bobo - you are meant to hit the dolls
• con slt - ignores genetic influences
• con - deterministic