PSYCH-190 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Learning Theory, Albert Bandura, Little Albert Experiment
9 Sep 2020
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Behaviorism: directly observable events stimuli and responses are the appropriate focus of study. Concluded that adults can mold children"s behavior by carefully controlling stimulus-response associations. The frequency of a behavior can be increased through reinforcers like food, drink, praise, etc. or decreased through punishment. Social learning theory: emphasized imitation and observational learning as a powerful source of development. Behavior modification: procedures that combine conditioning and modeling to eliminate undesirable behaviors and increase desirable responses. Used to relieve problems of aggression, language delays, and fear. Many theorists believe that behaviorism and social learning theory is too narrow. They also underestimate children"s contributions to their own development. Cognitive-developmental theory: children actively construct knowledge as they manipulate and explore their world. As the brain develops and children"s experiences expand, they move through four broad stages. His stages have sparked research on children"s conception of themselves. However, piaget underestimated the competencies of infants and preschoolers.
