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Albert Bandura ‘The Social Learning Theory’

Albert Bandura ‘The Social Learning Theory’. Krishna Mistry & Saania Ahmed. Table Of Contents. Biography – Early Life ~ Biography – Academic Career ~ ‘The Social Learning Theory’ ~ ‘The Social Learning Theory’ The 4 components ~ ‘The Bobo Doll ’ ~ Critisism ~ Specific people ~

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Albert Bandura ‘The Social Learning Theory’

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  1. Albert Bandura ‘The Social Learning Theory’ Krishna Mistry & Saania Ahmed

  2. Table Of Contents • Biography – Early Life ~ • Biography – Academic Career ~ • ‘The Social Learning Theory’ ~ • ‘The Social Learning Theory’ The 4 components ~ • ‘The Bobo Doll’ ~ • Critisism ~ • Specific people ~ • Discussion ~

  3. * Albert Bandura was born December 4, 1925 * Parents were immigrants * Born in a rural community in Alberta, Canada * He was educated in a small elementary school and high school * The summer after school he worked in the Alaskan Yukon Biography – Early Life

  4. * 1949 bachelors degree in Psychology from the University of British Columbia * Received his Ph.D. in 1952. * Professor at Stanford University in 1953 * Adolescent Aggression, published in 1959. * (He is the author of 300 scholarly publication) * President of the APA in 1973 * Received the APA’s Award in 1980 Biography – Academic Career

  5. Children see, Children do • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d4gmdl3zNQ

  6. The Social Learning theory • Social learning is a theory of human development that says humans learn through observation of modeled behavior and reinforcement for imitated behavior. This suggests that environment has a prevailing effect on a person's behavior • Bandura suggested that three factor influenced social learning -> the individual, -> the individual's behavior -> the environment.

  7. ‘The Social Learning Theory’ • Albert Bandura Stated that the social learning theory comprises of 4 main components. • -> Attention • -> Retention • -> Motivation • -> Motor Reproduction

  8. The Bobo Doll Experiment • What is the Bobo Doll Experiment? • “...the model pummels [the doll] on the head with a mallet, hurls it down, sits on it and punches it on the nose repeatedly, kicks it across the room, flings it in the air, and bombards it with balls…”(Bandura, 1973: p.72). • Video

  9. The bobo doll experiment • For aggression females imitated the male model more. • For aggression males imitated the male model more. • For non-aggression females imitated the female model more. • For non-aggression males imitated the male model more.

  10. The Bobo doll expiriment • 88% of the children imitated the aggressive behavior. • Eight months later, 40% of the same children reproduce the violent behavior observed in the Bobo doll experiment • Connections to the social learning theory?

  11. Criticism • The study was unethical • Children were trained to be aggressive • Through this experiment children further developed aggression, which left long lasting effects on the growth of these children.

  12. PEOPLE and cases

  13. Marc Dutroux • Criminal Influenced by Family and environment

  14. Luke woodham • the case of Luke Woodham and the murders that occurred in Mississippi in October of 1998. • killed his mother, and 2 girls from school. Injuring 7 others. • Was part of ‘Kroth’ which planned on killing many more members of Pearl, Missisippi. • Woodham implied no intention of his mother’s slaughter, and did not present a motive either.

  15. Discussion Questions • The Jane & Finch Relocation Project. -> Do you believe that the implications of the residents’ past has lasted in this new civilization? Why, why not? -> Do you believe the violent behaviors advocated in Fletchers within the past 7 years was a result of this relocation project? -> Considering Brampton’s reputation prior to the relocation project, Why do you think Mayor Susan Fennell, agreed to this project? -> Once permitted, why do you believe the government sought it best to hide this ‘relocation project’ ?

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