OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING
DEFINITION OF OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING LEARNING THROUGH WATCHING
FOUNDER OF OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING Albert Bandura: He believes strongly in nurture He studied modeling and imitating His famous experiment, the bobo doll experiment, demonstrates his views on the effects of observational learning
4 STAGES TO OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING 1. ATTENTION: -Must pay attention to behaviour of others 2. RETENTION: -Store a mental representation of what you observed in your memory 3. REPRODUCTION -Convert your stored memory into action (may need practice, may have to return to stage 1 & 2) 4. MOTIVATION: -Must believe the skill is useful or important
OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING & CHILDREN Most early skills are learned through observation Bandura’s BOBO Doll Experiment -Showed what happens if children observed violence
RESULTS OF BOBO DOLL EXPERIMENT
DEBATE Are children who watch violence on TV, in video games, in movies, more likely to act violently as they age?
LEARNING AND DISCRIMINATION IS DISCRIMINATION LEARNED?
LEARNING AND DISCRIMINATION CONT… Attitudes are learned Proven that young children naturally accept each other, no discrimination present When children are introduced to negative or positive attitudes, their attitude begins to reflect what they have learned
LEARNING AND DISCRIMINATION CONT… School plays an important role in this issue STRUCTURALLY: Teaching & learning contributions of all in society UNSTRUCTURALLY: reactions & treatments showed to people