PSYC 332 Lecture : PSYC 332 - Intro to Personality

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 332
• Professor: Richard Koestner

Document Summary

Bandura also examined a number of parameters that would influence if children would imitate. What happens to the model after they behave aggressively (reinforced or punished) Key attributions of classical learning theory: organism is controlled by the environment, focus is on discrete, molecular responses, learning is the result of direct experience of the animal, reinforcement operates directly and automatically. Social cognitive theory: bandura: background, the most influential theory in clinical psychology, people have used this to a great extent in terms of how to work with people clinically, or solve people"s health probelms. Attributes of classic learning theory: a. organism is controlled by environment. What we do is a function of reinforcement or classical conditioning. We don"t exercise free will our thoughts and emotions arent really driving our behaviour. We are behaving bc of whats happened to us in the environment. Bandura challenges this notion he highlights there are important.