Psychology 2410A/B Lecture Notes - Object Permanence, Psych, Social Cognitive Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2410A/B
• Professor: Prof

Document Summary

Revisiting social learning theory (aka social cognitive theory) 2 main processes are observation & imitation. General purpose, work across all domains (domain general processes) Different than conditions in that it invokes a cognitive component. In their theories they talk about tension, coding, storing & retrieval. What varied was whether the kids saw the model get rewarded or not. X axis= 3 points: aggressive + rewarded, aggressive + punished, aggressive + no consequences. Aggressive + rewarded = lots of average aggression, aggressive + punished = lower average aggression, aggressive + no consequence = about equal as aggressive + rewarded. The reward is directed at the model, not the kid. 3 new x axis point= reward or no reward for imitating model behavior. Same amount as before for aggressive + rewarded model, jumps to the same amount as the other two for aggressive + punished model, same amount as before for aggressive + no consequences for the model.