PSYC 2120 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Social Learning Theory, John Bargh, Mirror Neuron
20 Feb 2020
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Social influence the effects of other people on an individual"s beliefs, attitudes, values, or behavior. Social learning the capacity to learn from observing others. We learn largely from watching others model those behaviors. Mirror neurons, are activated both when one does an action oneself and when one simply observes another person perform that action (uddin et al. , 2007). Imitation was also more likely when the model seemed likeable and similar to the children. social learning is more likely if the behavior observed is consistent with the motivational state of the observer. So frustrated kids are more likely to imitate a violent model. But rewarded models tend to be imitated regardless of the motivational state of the observer. Chameleon effect the tendency to mimic unconsciously the nonverbal mannerisms of someone with whom you are interacting (usually when someone is likeable). Tanya chartrand, john bargh (1999) experimented w/ this effect: confederate shake foot, rub face and participants mimicked them.
