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paper 2:
psychology: approaches: social learning theory:
Question | Answer |
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1. what is live modelling? | in person |
2. what is symbolic modelling? | seen through media eg tv |
3. what is attention? | how closely paid focus to |
4. what is retention? | how well the behaviour is remembered |
5. what is motor reproduction? | ability to actually perform the action |
6. what is motivation? | desire to do action |
7. example of social learning theory? | bandura bobo doll experiment in 1961 study of aggression through modelling kids watch someone beat the living craojojvp out of doll and then imitate |
8. strengths of bandura? | -lab = less extraneous variables = high internal validity -lab = replicable = reliable -evidence for identification -match pair = fewer participant variables |
9. weaknesses of bandura? | -low ecological validity -ethical issues -demand characteristics (kids behave the way they think we want them to) -researcher bias (already has idea what want) -ignores biological factors eg hormones |
10. what does the social learning theory state? | all behaviour is learnt from observation and imitation of others |
11. what is identification? | more likely to imitate if we identify similar eg same gender |
12. what is vicarious reinforcement? | indirect learning - individual observes behaviour of others eg i do good and get a cookie so you want to do good and get a cookie too |
13. what are the mediational processes? | thinking processes between (cognitive) attention, retention, motor reproduction, motivation |