Observation Learning

Question 1

What is observational learning?

Answer 1

Observing the actions of a model and the consequences of these actions to guide future actions.

Question 2

What is vicarious conditioning?

Answer 2

watching someone else be reinforced or punished for their behaviour.

Question 3

What are the two consequences?

Answer 3

Vicarious punishment, ( punished for actions )
Vicarious reinforcement, ( rewarded for actions )

Question 4

5 stages of observational learning?

Answer 4

‘ARRMR’
- Attention: needing to focus on the information to retain the information, more likely to pay attention if the model is positively reinforced, has similar characteristics, known or familiar.
- Retention: behaviour needs to be stored as a memory to use at a later date. eg. mental representation before performing the behaviour.
- Reproduction: Must have the physical and mental ability to convert memory to action and perform behaviour.
- Motivation: must be motivated to imitated and perform behaviour, otherwise will become latent.
- Reinforcement: Positive results for performing behaviour will make repetition of behaviour a lot more likely.