Approaches in Psychology - Social Learning Theory Flashcards
Who developed the SLT?
Albert Bandura
What did Bandura argue?
That classical and operant conditioning could not account for all human learning
What was the SLT concerned with?
Human behaviour rather than animal behaviour
What does the SLT say that learning occurs through?
The observation and imitation of role models
Pavlov’s classical conditioning
The association is formed by you
Skinner’s operant conditioning
Learning directly through consequences
Bandura’s social learning theory
Learning through imitation. Direct as you are watching what happens as a result of someone else’s behaviour
What is most of what a child learns acquired through?
Imitation of the behaviours and attitudes modelled by their parents
When is imitation more likely to occur?
If we identify with the role models
What is modelling?
Identifying with the role model and seeing them share similar characteristics
Who can model behaviour?
Anyone
What does the SLT focus on?
The mental processes involved in learning
Vicarious reinforcement
When you learn about the consequences of behaviours from others as they receive rewards through their behaviour
What did Bandura do in his Bobodoll experiment?
He recorded the behaviour of young children who had watched an adult behave in a specific way towards a bobodoll
Conditions of Bandura’s bobodoll experiment
Aggressive model, non-aggressive model and no model (control condition)
