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SocialLearningTheory
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By Krista Brown
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Discovery
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Albert Bandura
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(1965, 1969)
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Social Learning
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-the concept that takes place when we learn how
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to behave a certain way from observing other’s
behaviors
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around us and the environmental outcomes of their
behavior.
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* Studied children through
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Bobo doll experiment
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: children
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watched films with an adult interacting with an
inflatable toy
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called a Bobo doll
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* If an adult acted aggressively and got a reward for
his/her
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behavior, the child was more likely to behave
aggressively
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toward the doll. If adult got punished the child was
less likely
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to behave aggressively.
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* Therefore humans basically learn much of their
behavior by
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observation--which leads to acting on what they
observe or
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rejecting what they observe.
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Modeling
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* Most human behavior is learned by observing
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models
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* When people observe others, they form an idea of how
new
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behaviors are performed, as they get older it serves
as a
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guide for action. (other Bobo doll experiment)
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It is our goal as teachers to serve as positive role
models
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and to make it known to children/students that they
can
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look up to us.
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* Expert teachers try to overcome negative role
modeling, by
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making sure that 4 certain conditions are met...
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Four key principals for S.L. to happen
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(1)
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ATTENTION
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: in order for a child to learn behavior,
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he/she needs to be paying attention to the behavior
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observed.
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* How can we grab a students attention?
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– Enthusiasm
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– Passionate about what you teach
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– Creative activities
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* Models that have positive/engaging qualities are
sought out--while
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those lacking pleasing characteristics are
rejected/ignored.
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Second Principal
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*(2)
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Retention
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: retaining/remembering what he/she observed
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when later having the opportunity to act in the same
way.
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* People cannot be much influenced by observation if
they do
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not remember the modeled behavior.
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*How can we as teachers make sure our students
remember?
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– Memory techniques
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– asking them to state what they observed
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– asking them to describe how they saw a teacher
handle a
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certain kind of task
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* The clearer students can state what they observed,
the
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deeper they understand it.
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Third Principal
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*(3)
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Motivation
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: Individuals need to be motivated to copy the
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observed behavior.
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* People do not enact everything they learn, they are
more
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likely to adopt a certain behavior if the outcomes
they value
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are resulted than if it has unrewarding or punishing
effects.
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* How can we motivate our students?
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* Give them reasons to behave that way
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1-Direct reinforcement
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: when students behave the way you
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want, reward them.
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2-Vicarious reinforcement
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: when students watch someone else
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getting rewards
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3-self-reinforcement
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: rewards people give themselves when
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they know they behaved the way the teacher wished.
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Fourth Principal
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Potential for modeling:
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Individuals need to be mentally and
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emotionally capable of doing what you desire them to
do, not
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only physically.
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* Salience of the model
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* Liking and Respecting model
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* Similarity
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*Reinforcement
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*Self-regulation--ability for student to control their
own
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behavior.
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* Social Learning can help students how to look over
their own
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shoulders and behave in a positive way.
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