U3 AOS2 - DP2: Observational Learning

Question 1

Observational learning

Answer 1

a type of social learning that occurs when a learner observes a model’s actions and their consequences to guide their future actions

Question 2

Social cognitive approach

Answer 2

when individuals process, remember and learn information in social contexts to explain and predict their behaviour and that of others

Question 3

5 stages

Answer 3

ARRMR: Attention, retention, reproduction, motivation, reinforcement

Question 4

Attention

Answer 4

learner actively watches the model’s behaviour and the consequences

Question 5

Retention

Answer 5

learner stores (retains) a mental representation of the model’s behaviour

Question 6

Reproduction

Answer 6

the learner’s physical and mental capabilities enable them to perform the model’s behaviour

Question 7

Motivation

Answer 7

the learner’s desire to perform the model’s behaviour

Question 8

Reinforcement

Answer 8

receiving a reward or desirable factor that increases the likelihood that the learner will reproduce the behaviour in future