Social learning is the process of learning through observation. Albert Bandura argued that it is not possible for all the learning to take place through association (Classical conditioning), or on the basis of consequences (operant conditioning) because not every behavior or task are performed by every individual so that learning can take place by experiencing the consequence. Albert Bandura proposed that a big part of learning takes place through observation. A child (or an adult) can learn new behavior simply by observing the environment and people. Although the behavior may be learning, it ...