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Memory and Learning - Coggle Diagram
Memory and Learning
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Observational Learning
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Motivation
Intrinsic
- Internal motivation
- Engaging in a behaviour for its own sake
Extrinsic
- External motivation
- To earn a reward or avoid punishment
Bobo Doll Study
Procedure
- 72 (in groups of 24) children watched a video of an adult beating up a Bobo Doll
- 3 different groups either was the adult rewarded, punished or had no consequence
- The children were then individually left in a room with a Bobo Doll and observed
Results
- Children who observed the aggressive model made far more imitative aggressive responses than those who were in the non-aggressive or control groups
- Boys imitated more physically aggressive acts than girls
Evaluation
- Children learn through observation and imitation the consequences (or lack of them) for a model influence imitative responses by the observer
- Behaviour acquired through observational learning may not be reproduced until there is an incentive to do so