OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING
CHILDREN SEE, CHILDREN DO
MONKEY SEE, MONKEY DO: OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING
• OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING
DESCRIBES PROCESS OF
LEARNING BY OBSERVING
OTHERS.
• MODELING IS AN EXAMPLE
OF OBSERVATIONAL
LEARNING BY WHICH WE
IMITATE A SPECIFIC BEHAVIOR.
LEARNING BY OBSERVATION
• MIRROR NEURONS- - PROVIDE
THE NEURAL BASIS FOR
OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING
• SEEING OR ACTUALLY DOING
A TASK ACTIVATE THE SAME
PART OF THE BRAIN
• HELP CHILDREN LEARN TO READ
AND SPEAK
• MIMIC LIPS AND TONGUE
BANDURA’S EXPERIMENT ON MODELING
• EXPERIMENT THAT SHOWED CHILDREN
COULD EASILY LEARN THROUGH
OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING MODELING.
• FRUSTRATED CHILDREN GO TO BEAT ON
THE CLOWN AFTER SEEING ADULT MODEL
DO THE SAME.
• REINFORCEMENTS AND PUNISHMENTS
MAY INFLUENCE WHAT WE IMITATE
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APPLICATIONS OF OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING
POSITIVE OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING
• PROSOCIAL – POSITIVE, HELPFUL BEHAVIORS
• GANDHI AND MLK
• “DO AS I SAY , NOT AS I DO” – BAD PARENTING
APPLICATIONS OF OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING
• TELEVISION AND
OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING
• 3 VIOLENT ACTS PER HOUR
OF TV PROGRAMMING
DURING PRIME TIME
• 18 PER HOUR ON CHILDREN’S
SATURDAY MORNING
PROGRAMMING
• MOST VIOLENT
INTERACTIONS DO NOT
SHOW THE VICTIM’S PAIN
TELEVISION AND OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING
• CORRELATION STUDIES DO LINK
VIOLENCE–VIEWING WITH
VIOLENT BEHAVIOR
• MORE VIOLENT TV= MORE AT
RISK FOR AGGRESSION AND
CRIME
• US HOMICIDE RATES DOUBLED
BETWEEN 1957-1974- SAME
PATTERN IN SOUTH AFRICA
• POWER RANGERS