1. Social Learning
Natalie Dolan, Tayler Lenart, Joe Letke, Melanie Battaglia, Kelly Schreuder, Max Jansons

2. Types Of Learning Classical Conditioning: Learning by association
Operant Conditioning: Learning through reinforcement
Social Learning: Learning by observing and imitating
Cognitive Learning: Learning through mental processing

3. Social Learning Learning from the behavior of others “Watch and Learn”
Most research today has moved away from classical and operant conditioning
Some believe that both of these fall short of explaining complex learning processes

4. Observational Learning
We learn from patterns of behavior by watching others and deciding what to imitate
From the parent, a child learns speech patterns, personal habits, and how to react to others
Differences between Observational and Social Learning
Social Learning refers to all learning in a social situation
Observational Learning is one of the processes used for social learning

5. Albert Bandura Social Learning's most prominent theorist
Claims that the most important aspect of learning was missed by Pavlov, Watson and Skinner
Between the stimulus and the response is the complex “inner person” who is able to analyze events and make decisions before a response is given
Believes that there is a need for more complex explanation for behavior when we analyze group, social and living
We directly imitate the activities of those around us

6. Bundura’s Experiment
He saw that children who watched aggressive adults became aggressive themselves
He made children watch adults hitting plastic dolls
When left alone, the children would do the same
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7. Bandura’s Experiment Cont.
Important notes about the experiment:
the child did not require a specific reinforcement such as food, toys or any other type of reward, for the learning to happen
Social Learning can occur just by exposure and imitation alone

8. Breaking Bad Habits
There are 5 methods that can be used to break habits
1. Remove, avoid or delay reinforcement- no snacks until 30 minutes after you have finished your homework
2. Do not remove reinforcement, but find a new behavior to get that reinforcement- instead of watching TV after school, read a book
3. Narrow or avoid the stimuli (or cues) that precede the habit- not going to the grocery store when you are hungry
4. Break the chain- avoid distractions
5. Monitor the bad habit- focus on your bad habit