SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY

Social Learning Theory

[Institution Name]Social Learning Theory

Introduction

This paper describes the social learning theories of Albert Bandura. His approach reflects a cognitive-behavioral movement where the social learning, thanks to the agencies, learns from experience perceived indirect models within a social context through cognitive processes. It focuses on the consequences of their actions for explicit implementation of behavior.

Bandura's views on social learning and the model were represented in his book written in collaboration with R. Walters, entitled Social Learning and Personality Development (1963). In his 1969 book, Principles of Behavior Modification, Bandura has therapeutic applications of modeling procedures. Among others, we find Aggression (1973), Social Learning Theory (1977).

Social Learning

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 may not be practiced which is based on the individuals desire and a number of other factors (Garvin, 2000).

Social Learning Theory

The social learning theory attempts to go beyond the consideration of human behavior in response to stimuli of behaviorism. The learning behavior always occurs, according to this theory, in a social setting. This implies that, in addition to learning the rules of conduct through the reactions others have to their actions. Children learn appropriate behavior patterns through observation and watching the other act. This means learning is also called imitation or modeling, as children copy the behavior of those who, for ...