Ch 7 (cont.) Social Cognitive Theory

Question 1

Bandura

Answer 1

Bobo doll experiment

- 88% exposed to violent models became aggressive

Question 2

Social cognitive theory

Answer 2

learning through observation of others

Question 3

enactive vs vicarious learning

Answer 3

e: by doing
v: through observation/imitiation

Question 4

direct reinforcement

Answer 4

reinforcement of the learner by the model

Question 5

vicarious reinforcement

Answer 5

model’s behaviour/consequences -> stimulus for the observer’s response

Question 6

reciprocal determinism

Answer 6

environment personal factors behaviour environment

Question 7

4 phase model

Answer 7

attention + retention + production + motivation

Question 8

attention - characteristics of models

Answer 8

expertise, status, social power, attractiveness, age, sex, ability to reward imitator, etc

Question 9

retention

Answer 9

remembering and rehearsing (retaining image of model’s behaviour as the standard)

Question 10

production

Answer 10

performing the behaviour

factors: talent, ability to monitor, ability to make appropriate adjustments

Question 11

inhibitory effect

Answer 11

suppression of deviant behaviour as result of seeing model punished

Question 12

dis-inhibitory effect

Answer 12

engaging in deviant behaviour when model is not punished

Question 13

eliciting effect

Answer 13

behaviours arent exact but they’re of the same class

Question 14

self-management

Answer 14

rewarding/punishing one’s own behaviour