1. Social Learning Theory

2. KEY CONCEPTS Reinforcement (Society as Actor)
A behavior consistently followed by a reward will likely occur again, whereas a behavior followed by a punishment will rarely reoccur
We get our gender identities by being rewarded for gender-appropriate behaviors and punished for gender-inappropriate ones
Reinforcement has an “indirect” component

3. KEY CONCEPTS Reinforcement (Society as Actor)
A behavior consistently followed by a reward will likely occur again, whereas a behavior followed by a punishment will rarely reoccur
We get our gender identities by being rewarded for gender-appropriate behaviors and punished for gender-inappropriate ones
Reinforcement has an “indirect” component
Modeling (Child As Actor)
We model ourselves after those who positively reinforce our behavior.
We model ourselves after readily available models.
We model ourselves after warm, friendly, powerful, and SIMILAR models.

4. KEY CONCEPTS Reinforcement (Society as Actor)
A behavior consistently followed by a reward will likely occur again, whereas a behavior followed by a punishment will rarely reoccur
We get our gender identities by being rewarded for gender-appropriate behaviors and punished for gender-inappropriate ones
Reinforcement has an “indirect” component
Modeling (Child As Actor)
We model ourselves after those who positively reinforce our behavior.
We model ourselves after readily available models.
We model ourselves after friendly, powerful, and SIMILAR models.
Criticisms Of The Theory
The weakest criticism: the “passive” role for the children
Direct reinforcement doesn’t work so well
Kids don’t model/imitate behavior in the theory’s clear-cut ways