Social Learning Theory

Social Learning Theory

1. Bandura belives that people learn by watching the behaviour of others. if children watch adults gaining pleasure from an activity, or being punished for an activity, they will either repeat or reject those behaviours, aggression can be learned from watching other behave in an aggressive manner

2. Bandura and the Bobo doll experiment (1963)

   • the experiment involved exposing children to two different adult models; aggressive and non-aggressive. in the aggressive model the adults were kicking and pummelling the doll and also hit it with a mallet.
     • After witnessing the adults behaviour the children were placed in a room without the model and were observed to see if they would imitate the ebehaviours they witnessed.
       • the experiment showed that children exposed to aggressive adults tended to copy such behaviour. they even came up with new ways to hurt the doll.