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SOCIAL LEARNING Group 3

THEORY
SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY
Theorized by Albert Bandura, who mapped out a
perspective on learning that includes consideration of
the personal characteristics of the learner, behaviour
pattern, and environment . (Bastable, 2019, p.85)
Bandura’s early observation was that an individual
do not need to have a direct experiences to learn.
Considering that students, learns from taking notes
of others people behaviour and what happens to
them. (Bastable, 2019, p.85)
e.g. Life lesson, someone’s experience
SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY
CONTD.
“Monkey see, monkey do?”
It is defined as a process in which individuals
observe behaviour of others and its consequences
and modify their own behaviour accordingly.
It is often referred to as bridge between
behaviourist and cognitive learning theories
because it encompasses attention, memory, and
motivation.
People learn from one another via Observation,
Imitation, and Motivation.
SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY
CONTD.
“Most human behavior is learned observationally
through modeling: from observing others, one
forms an idea of how new behaviors are
performed, and on later occasions this coded
information serves as a guide for action.”
Social learning theory explains human behavior
in terms of continuous reciprocal interaction
between cognitive, behavioral, and
environmental influences
WHAT IS OBSERVATION?
The art of watching somebody or something carefully for a period
of time, especially to learn something. (Oxford, 2012)
Observational Learning
• Observation allows people to learn without performing any
behaviour
• Learning through observing the behaviour of other people
• Although reinforcement facilitates learning, Bandura says that it
is not a necessary condition for it.
• Observational learning is much more efficient than learning
through direct experience.
WHAT IS MODELLING?
describes the process of learning or acquiring new information, skills or behaviour
through observation.
A Model is a person or thing that is considered an excellent example of something
Modelling
• Core of observational learning.
• Involves cognitive processes and is not simply mimicry or imitation.
• Involves symbolically representing information and storing it for use at a future
time.
• People are more likely to model high status, competent and powerful individuals.
• People who lack status, skill or power are most likely to model.
• The consequences of the behaviour being modelled may have an effect on the
observer.
THREE CORE CONCEPTS OF
SOCIAL LEARNING
THEORY

• People can learn through observation.


• Mental states are important to
learning.
• Learning does not necessarily lead to a
change in behaviour.
INTERNAL PROCESS
THAT DIRECTS
SOCIAL LEARNING
INTERNAL PROCESS THAT DIRECTS SOCIAL
LEARNING

It is the self-regulation and control that one


individual exerts in the process of acquiring
knowledge and changing behaviour.
There are 4 steps that directs social learning:
•Attentional Phase
•Retention Phase
•Reproduction Phase
•Motivational Phase
ATTENTIONAL PHASE
-Mental focus or concentration
-Willingness to observe and mimic the behaviour of a model
-For behaviours to be successfully learned, the
individual/learner must pay sufficient attention.
-If the model is interesting or there is a novel aspect of the
situation, individuals are more likely to dedicate full attention
to learning.
RETENTION PHASE
One must not only attend to the observed behaviour
but also remember it at some later time.

• Storing the information so that it may be used at a


later date is important to the observational learning
process.
• Retention can be affected by a number of factors,
but the ability to pull up information later and act on it
is vital to observational learning.
REPRODUCTION PHASE
One must be capable of doing the act. To
actually perform the behaviour observed
• Once a learner paid attention to the model
and retained the information, it is time to
actually perform the behaviour which
observed.
• Practice of the learned behaviour leads to
improvement and development of skills
MOTIVATIONAL PHASE
• Finally, in order for observational learning to be
successful, individual must be motivated to imitate
the learned behaviour that has been modelled.
-Force that drives one to act
• Reinforcement and punishment play an important
role in motivation.
People are most likely to imitate those that they see
are rewarded for their behaviour and those whom
they like to have similarities with or value more.
THREE FORMS OF
REINFORCEMENT
DIRECT REINFORCEMENT
Occurs when an individual watches
a model perform, imitates that
behaviour and is reinforced or
punished by some individual.
VICARIOUS REINFORCEMENT
It involves determining whether role
models are perceived as rewarded or
punished for their behaviour.
• The observer anticipates receiving a
reward for behaving in a given way
because someone else has been so
rewarded
SELF -REINFORCEMENT
The individuals strives to meet
personal standards and does not
depend on or care about the reaction
of others.
RECIPROCAL DETERMINISM

• Human Action is a result of an interaction among


three variables- environment, behaviour and person.
• Although cognition can have a strong causal effect on
both environment and behaviour, it is not an
autonomous entity, independent of those two variables.
• Bandura uses the term “reciprocal” to indicate triadic
interaction of forces. The three reciprocal factors do not
need to be equal strength or to make equal
contributions.
RECIPROCAL DETERMINISM
GROUP 3

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