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SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY - Coggle Diagram
SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY
MEDITATIONAL PROCESSES
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MOTIVATION - given a reason, they may use it.
Refers to the internal mental processes that exist between environmental stimuli and the response made by an individual to those stimuli.
MODELLING
There are different types of model. A live model might be a parent, a teacher at school or a friend. A symbolic model would be someone portrayed in the media, for example a character on TV.
These models provide examples of behaviour that can be later reproduced in a process known as imitation.
This is a form of learning where individuals learn a particular behaviour by observing another individual performing that behaviour.
IMITATION
The key determinants of whether a behaviour is imitated are (i) the characteristics of the model, (ii) the observer's perceived ability to perform that behaviour and (iii) the observed consequences of the behaviour.
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When a model is provided, whole patterns of behaviour can be rapidly acquired.
IDENTIFICATION
Shutts et al., 2010 suggests that children are more likely to identify with, and preferentially learn from, models who are similar to them, particularly same-sex models.
Identification means more likely to imitate behaviour, so social learning is more likely to be effective.
In order to identify with a model, observers must feel they are similar enough to them that they would be likely to experience the same outcomes in that situation.
A form of influence where an individual adopts an attitude or behaviour because they want to be associated with a particular person or group.
VICARIOUS REINFORCEMENT
Suggests individuals don't need to experience rewards or punishments directly in order to learn. Instead, they can observe the consequences experienced by a model and then make judgements as to the likelihood of experiencing these outcomes themselves.
Bandura and Walters (1963) noted that children who observed a model rewarded for aggressive behaviour were much more likely to imitate that behaviour than children who had observed a model punished for the same behaviour.
Learning that isn't a result of direct reinforcement of behaviour, but through observing someone else being reinforced for that behaviour.
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