Social Learning Theory

Social Learning Theory

1. Albery Bandura

   • Behaviour is learned through observational learning

2. Individuals that are observed are called models

3. It believes humans are active information processors and thinks there's a relationship between behaviour and its' consequences

4. Children surrounded by many influential models

   • Children pay attention to models and encode their behaviour

5. Observational learning occurs when cognitive processes are at work

6. First child is more likely to imitate people it percieves similar to itself e.g. same sex

   • Second child responds to behaviour to imitate with reinforcement or punishment
     • Third child takes into account what happens to other people, known as vicarious reinforcement

7. Reinforcement can be internal or external and negetive or positive