SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY

SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY

1. AO1

   • Observation
     • Learning takes place through obersvation
     • Seeing others reinforced or punished acts
       • Vicarious reinforcement
   • Mental representation
     • Forms expectations
       • Reward
       • Punishment
     • Individual forms mental representations of event
   • Production of behaviour
     • Aggression maintained
       • Direct reinforcement
     • Likelihood of aggression increased
       • High self-efficacy for production
         • Situation-specific confidence
   • Production
     • Skills
       • Produce behaviour

2. RESEARCH

   • Bandura et al
     • Bobo doll
     • Demand characterisitcs
     • Children observing adult
     • Lacks ecological validity
     • Evidence of SLT
     • If admire model
       • Higher chance of modelling
     • Observation
       • Imitative learning
   • Cooper &McKay
     • Aged 9-10
       • Played aggressive video games
     • Aggression increased in girls
       • Not boys
     • Social learning affects
       • Gender differently

3. IDA

   • Ethnocentric
     • Kung San
     • Cultural differences
   • Product of nurture
   • Ethical
     • Difficult to test scientifcally
   • Reductionism
     • Observational learning
     • More complex

4. EVALUATION

   • Role of vicarious learning
     • Strength
     • Absence of direct reinforcement
   • Adults
     • Phillips
     • American
     • Boxing match
       • Increase following week
         • Homicide rates
   • Explain individual differences
   • Not account for emotional factors
     • Aggressive behaviour
   • Social learning more powerful than biology
     • Amish communities
       • Non-aggressive
   • Explains peoples level of aggression varying
     • Biology would be consistent
     • Across situations