Bandura’s Social Learning Theory
Banduras theory is based on observations of learning occuring through observing the behaviour of others.
Behaviours you have seen children modelling:
Pretending to use a mobile phone
Swearing
Hitting
Pretending to clean
Repeating Phrases
Positive reinforcement
Star charts
Certificates
Praise
Awards
Negative reinforcement
Remove behaviours
Replace with another behaviour
Ignore behaviour
The behaviour is repeated because of personal satisfaction (intrinsic reinforcement) or rewards (extrinsic reinforcement).
The behaviour is not repeated to avoid an adverse experience such as lack of satisfaction or to avoid being told off.
Bandura based his theory on a famous experiment using a Bobo doll in which he demonstrated that children learn and copy aggressive behaviour by observing adults behaving aggressively.
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