Observational Learning 1
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Observational Learning
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Type of learning 1: When an unnatural association is made between a response and a stimuli.
(Classical conditioning).
Type of learning 2: When we make behavioral changes based on experiences that resulted in
rewards or punishments. (Operant conditioning).
How else do we learn behavior?
Observational LearningThe replication of other’s behavior through
observation and imitation. (Also called “modeling” and “social learning”).
Albert Bandura believed that direct reinforcement and
punishment could not account for all learning that occurs. What about when children copy the
behavior of their parents when no reinforcement is given?
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The “Bobo Doll Experiment”
From 1961-63, Bandura conducted experiments with a “Bobo” clown doll to see the
degree to which children would mimic the behavior of adults.
!A “Bobo Doll” was a toy from
the 1960s that was inflatable, and weighted so that it would tilt
upwards again after being knocked down.
!36 boys and 36 girls were tested.
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The “Bobo Doll Experiment”
Results: Children who observed adults showing loving behavior
towards the Bobo doll copied that behavior. Children who observed adults showing aggressive behavior
towards the Bobo doll copied that behavior. Children who observed adults ignoring the Bobo doll did not
show aggressive behavior towards it.
Bandura concluded that people learn through observing, imitating, and modeling. People not
only learn by being rewarded or punished itself, but they can learn from watching
somebody being rewarded or punished, too.