Psychology

SLT basically see’s behaviour as a result of learning through observation, imitation and modelling and that all learning takes place in a social context (rather than it being a biological, innate drive). It’s described through the stages of attention, retention, imitation and eventually modelling, which is when the desired behaviour is carried out. So for example Bandura’s BoBo doll study supports SLT as it showed that the children who were exposed to violent behaviour were more likely to imitate and act aggressively. Hope this helps

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So bandura supports the SLT, so the SLT is just a theory for different ways we before such as identification, imitation, reinforcement and modelling

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So bandura supports the SLT, so the SLT is just a theory for different ways we before such as identification, imitation, reinforcement and modelling

Yep! So we identify with a role model and through vicarious reinforcement, imitation, and modelling we learn that behaviour and carry it out

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Any good with explaining biopsychology because I don’t understand that at all!

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Bandura is the father of Social Learning Theory, he is the researcher who came up with it and conducted the Bobo doll study. Putting it simply, Bandura's SLT explained observational learning, which means people learn from observing the environment around them (vicarious reinforcement). For example a girl may learn to wear makeup through watching her mother using it. This is important, as it differs from traditional Learning Theory, which proposed animals learn through interaction with their environment (direct reinforcement). Other areas of AO1 include the factors identified by Bandura which influences this learning process. Overall it is a solid way of explaining human behaviour with a lot of merits, as Bandura took into account both the influence of the environment on an individual and the individual factors which affect the likelihood of learning.

Giving a broader example, an individual may watch a group of criminals rob a bank, leave with lots of money and not get caught. Using social learning theory, the observation of this behaviour along with the positive consequences of robbing the bank (getting rich) and lack of negative consequences (no punishment) would thus be learnt by the observer. However, this does not necessarily mean the individual would become a criminal, as other factors affect this - called meditational processes. All of us may know how to rob a bank (from films, social media etc) but we don't.

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