EAR-20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Cognitive Theory, Social Cognition, Social Learning Theory
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Theory emphasizes the importance of learning through observation and imitating the behaviors displayed by others. Social learning theorists underscore observational learning the acquisition of behaviors from listening to and watching other people. Standing in front of a mirror pretending to shave in imitation of your father. Bandura"s social learning theory relies on observational learning. Significant learning occurs, often completely without error, through the act of. Social learning theorists propose that many kinds of complex social activities are learnt watching and imitating another person, a model through observing others. Bandura"s often referred to cognitive processes within this theory as social cognitive theory. Believes for sets of cognitive processes convert these observations into stored mental representations: attention processes, memory processes, production processes, motivational processes. Production processes then transform these stored mental representations into matching behaviors, and motivational processes define which behaviors are likely to be performed. Processes become reined and proficient in order to more effectively regulate one"s.
