SOCIAL LEARNING

SOCIAL LEARNING

1. FOUR PROCESSES: 1. Attention 2. Retention 3. Motor reproduction 4. Reinforcement

   • OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING

2. Cognitive and Biological factors in learning

3. DEVELOPMENT

   • Physical
     • Motor skills. Fine motor skills e.g. using a pen
   • Cognitive
     • Language and thought. Mind thinking, ideas,how mind works
   • Psychosocial
     • Emotional and personality. Eg relationships, controlling anger etc
   • PIAGET'S STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
     • Childhood - concrete operational - 7-12 years - can solve problems logically.
     • Childhood - pre operational - 2-7 years - Can use symbols
     • Infancy - sensori-motor - birth to 2 years -learns through sensory and motor activities.
     • Adolescence and adulthood - formal operational - 12- adulthood -can think in abstract terms.
     • COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
     • LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT