PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Observational Learning, Mirror Neuron, Albert Bandura
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S-o-r (stimulus-organism-response) theory of learning situation; what stimulus meant to them (same situation could trigger different response based on. Cognitive theories of learning suggest that individual is actively processing and analyzing information; activity influences observable behaviours as well as our internal mental lives. S-r psychologists assumed thoughts based on s-r contingencies an organism had learned throughout its life; thinking was a form of behaviour. Observational learning: involves changes in behaviour and knowledge that result from watching. Albert bandura identified 4 processes involved in observational learning: attention: paying attention to act or behaviour, memory: remembering what is being done , often a delay before opportunity to. Food vs being motivated by your teacher to play the piano: reproduction: ability to reproduce it , most effective when we practice, motivation: reason to do action, motivation being hungry or thirsty and finding. Imitation: recreating someone else"s motor behaviour or expression often to accomplish a specific goal.
