Cognitive Process How people process and store information influences behavior. What types of questions might a Cognitive Psychologist ask?

Cognitive Learning  How people process and store information influences behavior.  Height of influence 1950s-1970s  Latent Learning Model  Observational Learning  Modeling  Shaping  Imprinting  Pro-social Learning Model

Major Contributors  Behaviorist and Biological Perspectives  Developmental Process / Influences  Maturation  Psychological  Emotional  Social Facilitation and Influence  Genetics  Biological Relativism

Major Contributors  Albert Bandura  Social Development / Influence  Jean Piaget  Cognitive Development  Erik Erikson  Psychosocial Development  Lawrence Kohlberg  Social Moral Development

Bandura  1960s  Observational Learning  Is there significant learning that takes place not from individual experiences, but observed behaviors?  When and How do humans develop the ability to recognize and learn from others / society?

Bandura Continued  Modeling is often noted as the process of observing and imitating a specific behavior.  At 9 months of age infants will imitate novel play behaviors.  By age 14 months they will imitate acts modeled on television (Meltzoff, 1988)  Can we observe a Correlation between forms of social learning?  If a parent smokes is their child more likely to?  Will a parent reading to a child increase the likelihood that the individual will read in adulthood?

Bandura Continued  Parental Mascot Model  Same and Opposite Gender Identity Development  Teen Rebellion Model  Mate Ideation Model (significant other)  Parental Perspective Model  Politics, Religion, Belief systems, etc. ?

Bandura’s Experiments  Page 265  Summarize Bandura’s Esperiments.  How are they examples of observational learning in practice?  What Conclusions can be drawn from his work?  What are the applications of observational learning?  What social implication do they provide?

Major Contributors  Albert Bandura  Social Development / Influence  Jean Piaget  Cognitive Development  Erik Erikson  Psychosocial Development  Lawrence Kohlberg  Social Moral Development

Theory in Practice ~ Piaget