social learning theory

• bandura - believed patterns of behaviour could be acquired by direct experiences
• bandura - believed people observed different consequences of own and others’ behaviour
• behaviour shaped by experience and environment around us
• role of modelling 


  likely to identify with certain people around us - live and symbolic models
• role of imitation

  how a child learns by imitating the behaviour modelled to them
• role of identification


  the extent to which an individual relates to a model
• role in vicarious reinforcement 


  behaviour likely to be repeated if a model is observed being rewarded
• role of meditational processes

  mental factors that help determine if a new behaviour is acquired

  1. attention - the degree to which we notice the behaviour
  2. retention - how well we remember the behaviour
  3. reproduction - the ability to perform the behaviour
  4. motivation - the will the imitate the beh
• X environmentally reductionist - behaviour is a product of complex influences
• X environmentally determined - but some behaviour can be innate
• ✔️ bobo doll experiment shows how the children who observed aggressive behaviour were more likely to imitate it