Albert Bandura- Sophia Hanson

Albert Bandura

Social Learning Theory

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3- What are the Mediational Processes?

2- What is Social Learning Theory?

1- Who is Albert Bandura?

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Who is Albert Bandura?

Bandura is a Canadian-born American psychologist. - He came up with the social learning theory which focuses on observing and modeling behaviors. - He is most famously know for his Bobo doll experiment. This experiment is a modeling study for agression and it shows how children learn behaviors based on what they see form adults.

What is the Social Learning Theory?

The social learning theory connects cognitive learning and the traditional learning theory or the behavioristic approach. It focusus of observing, modeling, and imitating behaviors and reactions of others. It uses the ideas from operant and classical conditioning along with meditating processes between stimuli and responses and that behvior is learned through the enviroment and observatioal learning Ex: high school students forming attitudes towards smoking based on their peers' behaviors. This instance demonstrate the influence of peers as agents of socialization

What are the Mediational Processes?

1. Attention

2. Retention

The behavior or model must capture the observers interest enough to deem worth imitating. Just becasue there is exposure doesnt mean that there is focus on the model. Without attention the behavior cannot be immitated.

The process of remebring and storing the action or behavior in the mind. Social learning is not immediate so having a memory to refer back to is necessary

4. Motivation

3. Motor Reproduction

The consequences or rewards that increase or decrease the likelyhood of imitation. If the rewards outweigh the costs, immitation is likely.

The ability to do or perform the behavior that was just previously demonstrated. Sometimes the behavior can not be reprouducded due to physical limitations.

The Bobo doll study studied children's behaviour through modeling and immitation. The children, after watching an adult model, acted aggressively towards a Bobo doll.

Bobo Doll Study

When the child wasn't shown agression the child did not act aggressively and some even played with it

Investigate specific examples where Bandura’s social learning theory has been applied successfully in educational settings, discussing the outcomes and implications for learning

In education, the social learning theory is used through behavior modeling, enhancing self-efficacy, using reinforcements and punishments, collaborative learning, and self-regulation. An example of this in a real life setting is group work. Each group member is able to observe what work the others are doing, their motivations, and thier productivity. This can inspire similar ype work from the others in the group. This is an example that is used very often in many classes.

Discuss the potential limitations and criticisms of Bandura's social learning theory, considering alternative explanations for observational learning and behavior acquisition.

One limitation of the social learning theory is that the theory does not account for behavior based on toughts and feelings. The theory also presumes that the actions of someone are not based on how they handle and process the information but rather how society determines they should. The theory fails to recognize biological factors such as hormones and genetics. Lastly, the theory does not account for all behavior, specifically in cases where there is no apparent role model for the observer to emulate.

Explore Bandura's contributions to understanding aggression and violence in the media, discussing the implications for societal attitudes and behaviors.

Bandura brought to light the idea that because we are observational and immitating creatures, we tend to immitate actions that we see in the media (TV, movies, etc). The more the media depicts things such as violence, the higher rates of violence there will be especiall in children. By including concepts such as observational learning and self-efficacy into discussions about media, we can see into how media shapes individual beliefs and actions. His work demonstrates that exposure to media models can lead to both positive and negative behavior adoption

Reflect on the enduring legacy of Albert Bandura in the field of psychology, discussing the continued relevance of his theories and their implications for contemporary research and practice.

Albert Bandura is one of the most influential social psychologists. He has helped us realize how important immitation and obervation are to the learning process. His theories can unveil new methods of teaching. This can be looking at how children copy behaviour, identification, and implementing this learning-by-doing strategy. He helped psychologists gain a new perspective on aggression and violent actions, especially in children.

Example : When a child is learning to riide a bike they have to be interested enough to pay attention to whoever is teaching or they won't even begin to learn

Example: When learnign to ride a bike, the person learning needs to want to ride the bike enough that they remember how to and being taught.

Example: The child being able to start to ride the bike now that they have been taught. If someone has a broken leg, they may want to ride the bike but they are unable to because of their pysical limitation.

Example: If the parents of the child learning to ride a bike say that the child can go get ice cream once they finish, the child will be more willing to go ride the bike because they get something out of it