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SLT mind map - Coggle Diagram
SLT mind map
Meditational Processes
Bandura (1977)believes humans as "information proccesors"and think about the relationship between their behavior and its consequences.
Attention
The individual needs to pay attention to the behavior and its consequences and form a mental representation of the behavior.
For a behavior to be imitated, it has to grab our attention. We observe many behaviors on a daily basis, and many of these are not noteworthy. Attention is therefore extremely important in whether a behavior influences others imitating it.
Retention
How well the behavior is remembered. The behavior may be noticed but is it not always remembered which obviously prevents imitation. It is important therefore that a memory of the behavior is formed to be performed later by the observer.
Much of social learning is not immediate, so this process is especially vital in those cases. Even if the behavior is reproduced shortly after seeing it, there needs to be a memory to refer to.
Reproduction
This is the ability to perform the behavior that the model has just demonstrated. We see much behavior on a daily basis that we would like to be able to imitate but that this not always possible. We are limited by our physical ability and for that reason, even if we wish to reproduce the behavior, we cannot.
vicarious reinforcement
- attention, retention, motor reproduction, motivation
Attention - observing another person (role model) carrying out a certain action
Retention - remembering how the person carried out that action
Motor reproduction - carrying out the action
Motivation - deciding whether you are able to, or want to perform the same action as the role model. They must receive positive reinforcement
when a person watches someone else act aggressive when they are annoyed, this could make them think this is normal behaviour.
If you observe someone getting rewarded or punished for doing a certain thing, you will be motivated to either copy them to get rewarded yourself, or not copy them to avoid punishment.
bandura, bobo doll
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Ev: lacks ecological validity, because it was lab experiment, we do not know how children would have acted if it was in real life
lacks mundane realism, because punching the doll was an artificial task which might not occur in real life
ethical issues - the experiment could have caused the children long term psychological harm as it could have made them more aggressive by reinforcing aggressive behavioiur.
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