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level: Bandura social learning theory

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level questions: Bandura social learning theory

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Real life application of Bandura?Watershed, violent tv starting at 9pm so children are in bed.
What is the social learning theory?Criminality can be learnt from other rather than through direct reinforcement
What does Bandura claim about observational learning?Criminality is cuased by it, it invloved observing and modeling th epoeple around us
What is modelling?Something that is more likely to happen when the person is being obersied is a role model. The person may admire or look up to them and identify with them due to age or gender.
What are the 4 parts of the modelling process?Attention, retention, reproduction and motiviation.
What is attention in the modelling process?Paying attention to the model is a condition for learning
What is retention in the modelling process?Remembering what the model did is a condition for imitating the model's behaviour
What is reproduction in the modelling process?People must have the capcity (skills) for imitiating the behaviour
What was the desgin of the Bandura study?Matched paris
What was the sample size, age, gender, background?72 children 37-69 months 50:50 boy girl Stanford university nusery school
How were they devided into groups ?8 subgroups, 6 people in each, control group of 24 participatns. Each group had eaither a boy or a girl role modle.
How were the children matched?Aggression levels that were observed before
How did the children react in the non-agressive condition in contrast to the agressive contionNA sat and plyed quietly. Aggressive group were more physcially and verbally aggressive.
Some identificiations of agressive actions?Trhrowing mallet at Bobo doll, punching, it sitting on it, pinching nose, throwing it in the air.
How were the children observed?20 minutes intervals, one way mirror. 5 second intervals of behaviour obsered.
Gender difference found?Boys imitated more verbal and physical agression after being exposed to a male role modle rather an female.
Boys agression in contrast to girls?Boys more phsycailly agressive, no difference between verbal aggression.
How did Bandura explain the aggression with the children?Exposure to aggressive role model weakenn inhbitory repsonses in the childen and increases the likelihood that the childen will exhibit aggressive reactions.
Real life application of Bandura?Watershed, violent tv starting at 9pm so children are in bed.
Strength?Supported by Bandura, shows the agressive behaviour of role modle
Strength?Imrpove parenting, watershed TV. Awaness of role models and limiting violent TV
Weakness?Doesn't take into account personality and genetics only the environemnt in which the child grows up in
Weakness?Challeneged by Charlton, bevhaiour is not significantly affected by observing role modles on TV