EPSY 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Albert Bandura, Social Cognitive Theory, Observational Learning
15 Feb 2020
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Observational learning: observational learning: a learning that involves acquiring skills, strategies, and beliefs by observing others, albert bandura, learning is not only shaped by consequences, bobo doll study, demonstrates how learning can occur by watching, demonstrates a distinction between learning and performing. Bandura"s social cognitive theory: social cognitive theory emphasizes on reciprocal influences of behavior, environment, and cognition in learning, observational learning + the role of person/cognition = Instructional strategies: encouraging self-efficacy in students, emphasize their progress in a specific area, set learning goals, model mastery orientation for them, give specific feedback for improvement, remind of past efforts resulting in accomplishment. Summary of learning theories: piaget"s cognitive development: learning by doing, vygotsky"s sociocultural perspective: learning by interacting with others, the information-processing approach: learning by memorizing, classical conditioning: learning by associating, operant condition: learning through consequences, observational learning: learning by watching, social cognitive learning: learning by self-directing. 1. students must understand & make sense of the materials.
