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Social Learning Theory - Coggle Diagram
Social Learning Theory
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- emphasises importance of environment and reinforcement in learning
- acknowledges role that mental processes play - cognitive approach
- explain human learning through observational learning or modelling
- Mediating cognitive factors = important role in observational learning
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- determines whether behavior observed will actually be imitated
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-1 - Attention - notice certain behaviour
-2 - Retention - how well it's remembered
-3 Reproduction - ability to perform behaviour
-4 Motivation - will to perform behaviour - determined w/ reward or punishment
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- children observed aggressive/non-aggressive adult models.
- displayed role models aggressive acts against doll
- children would imitate same aggressive behavior
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- research support for concepts
-Bobo Doll - children imitate actions modelled by adults - showed ideas about indirectly learned behaviour are true
- concepts used to understand different behaviours
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Akers suggests - to understand criminal activity
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Criminal behaviour increases when exposed to models who commit crime
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- theory comes from lab studies
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bobo doll = LE → can be artificial - does not reflect natural behaviour - limit validity
- underestimates biological factors → ie. impacts of hormones
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boys more aggressive → more testosterone ∴ SLT = incomplete explanation of human behaviour