Bandura's Social Cognitive Learning Model

Observational learning was form by Albert Bandura during his Bobo Doll experiment. Bobo doll experiment is an experiment where a child seeing his or her parents hitting the bobo doll angrily and follows the actions that was done by their parents. The learning is also known as shaping, modelling and vicarious reinforcement as this can be done in any place at any point in life and is mostly occurs during childhood. The observational learning able to influence one behaviour. As an example, by watching my dad cooks, I’ll able to cooks the dishes that he has just make for lunch. Also by observing others doing something one able to follow and observer others behaviour. However, observational learning can be done by only when others have an authority against

Before the children were left alone with the toy, one group of children ( Group A) watched an adult perform violent actions towards the doll. The other group of children (Group B) watched the adult perform nonviolent acts by ignoring the doll completely and playing with other toys.When the kids were left alone the ones that were in Group A were known to be aggressive towards the toy. The ones in Group B were seen to ignore the Bobo doll and instead play with the tinkertoys left in the lab setting. Bandura applied his steps of the observational learning process to this experiment. This is known because the children must have had to pay attention to act in the way they did towards the doll. Then they had to retain the information so they could recall it back to act on the Bobo doll. The kids had to imitate the violent or nonviolent actions and finally reinforcement was used because there was question of a consequence after the behavior occurred. Throughout life people of all ages engage in this observational

In the discussion of the Albert Bandura’s Bobo Doll experiments, one controversial issue has been that observing violent behavior is subjected to imitation which can influence aggression behavior throughout life. On the one hand, logicians argue that the base of aggression is biological. On the other hand, some people assert that releasing aggression is essential for a healthy lifestyle. Others even maintain that imitating behavior is a necessary component of life. In my view, imitating behavior is a vital component in the growth of humanity. However, understanding the aspects of imitation and the effects it has on behavior as well as in life should be enforce on the youth and adult to reduce unacceptable behavior.

472). Whether learning would be in a preschool, elementary school, middle school, high school or even college, teachers, professors and even peers all teach us. The social learning theory applies to both intentional learning, which would be learning in a school/educational setting, and unintentional learning, which would be learning in a social setting. The saying “you learn something new everyday” is legitimate, especially when it is used in relation to the social learning theory.

People of the court, here we have Mr. Roy Billy Dawson Jr., formally known as R.J. He is here today because of an unexpected murder that occurred the morning of May 23rd between the hours of three and four. Let me remind you that R.J. was not the only one found at the crime scene when the police arrived. His older sister, Kayla Dawson, and his mother, Ruth Turner, were also present, standing over a lifeless body and a pool of blood belonging to Mr. Gerald Lee Turner. We could quickly put an end to this case by sentencing my client, R.J., life in prison, but as a victim also, R.J. does not deserve such punishment. For 17 years, Mr. R.J. did a lot of observing. Every observation and experience helped with his choices of actions. Albert Bandura 's Social Cognitive Theory will explain how R.J. 's behavior was caused by his past.

Some of the things we overlook at times are the things that make the most sense in the world. Something like the social learning theory was overlooked. But it has provided such great insight as to why we do certainly in our lives. Bandura’s theory has paved the way to many studies and has open our minds to the possibility that we affect each other in a way we would not imagine. I believe that this theory can shape a lot of people 's lives. I agree with Albert Bandura’s social learning theory by modeling and in this paper, I will present an argument that outlines the reasons why.

In 1961 Bandura carried out the bobo doll experiment. This was to see how the doll was treated by a child after observing the way an adult interacted with it. These was his theory of observational learning. In this experiment, the subjects that saw violence behaviour towards the doll from the model, expressed violent behaviours towards the doll as well. It was found to be differentially influenced by the sex of the model with boys showing more aggression than girls. Whereas the subjects who observed the nonaggressive models were generally less aggressive (Bandura, Ross and Ross, 1961).

Nursing theory plays an instrumental role in conducting nursing research. It aids in conducting and reaching the goals of a study in addition to providing guidance and direction (Bredow, 2009). To determine which theory to use for a defined project the researcher should evaluate the theory for appropriateness by conducting a systematic assessment. There is not an established standard use to appraise a theory, but it should describe, explain, predict, or prescribe. Some question to consider are, is the theory operational, how has the theory been applied in the past, has the theory described, predicted or explained phenomena when previously used, and does it speak to the studies question; these are just a few questions to think about (Bredow,

Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) proposes that people are driven not by inner forces, but by external factors. In its model, there is an interaction between behavior, personal and environmental factors. As a student who is studying at Indiana University, the environmental factor is the encouragement of how I choose the behavior I would like to change. That initially came from observing students walking around campus performing such a behavior, physical activity, influenced me with a good opportunity for defining my bad behavioral.

Albert Bandura 's (1986) theory of social learning emphasizes the role of learning by observing and imitating models and allows us to understand aggression. Bandura identified four steps by which this learning occurs: “the first is simply that a particular type of behavior of a model catches our attention. Second, we store a mental image of such behavior in memory. Thirdly, a particular kind of situation leads us to convert that memorized behavior into action; And finally, if the behavior is reinforced, it becomes part of our repertoire”. (Bandura 1986) p.198).

Based on this approach Albert Bandura presented psychological social learning theory. It emphasizes that we learn from the example of others as well as from direct experience with rewards and punishments. Models influence the prosocial, helpful behavior. They also affect antisocial, aggressive behavior. Research has amply demonstrated that a wide range of aggressive models can elicit a wide range of aggressive imitation.

I chose the Bandura’s Social Learning Theory Scavenger Hunt, because social learning theory is widely used in daily life and vary easily to be found around us. Bandura’s Social learning theory is an extension of behaviorism that emphasizes the influence that other people have over a person’s behavior (Berger, 2014, p. 28). To apply this theory, I observe people and environment around me for three days and try to find the relationships of people’s behaviors. I observed classmates’ activities during the class. When I went to my friend’s house, I also played with her daughter and found some examples.

Based on Bandura’s social learning theory, human development is continuous. This concludes that people are constantly changing, developing, gathering skills, watching and performing. Using Ben as an example, he gradually learned certain things in the ESL classroom. As I previously mentioned, writing was very difficult for him upon arriving to the U.S. Ben first learned how to hold a pencil properly, overserving from others and pictures that we provided to him, then he learned how to write his ABC’s, next he learned how to spell his name, and lastly proceeded to form words and write out short paragraphs independently. This demonstrates a smooth process, which Ben had to perform before attempting to write short papers in class.

To prove his theory, Bandura used children to see if they would imitate a modal who showed aggressive behavior toward a Bobo doll. The subjects were 36 boys and 36 girls from the Stanford University’s Nursery School aged between 3 and 6 years old. The models were two adults, male and female. Aggressive behavior was shown to 24 children, non-aggressive behavior was shown to 24 children and 24 children served as the control group. For the first step of the experiment, a child and a model were brought into a room containing toys. The child was escorted to a corner that had potato prints and stickers while the model was escorted to a corner that had a tinker toy set, a mallet and a 5-foot inflated Bobo doll. For subjects that were in the aggressive condition, the model began aggressing toward the doll after a minute. The model performed distinct aggressive acts that Bandura was looking for the child to imitate. The model laid the doll on its side, sat on it and punched it repeatedly in the nose and then raised the doll, picked up the mallet and struck it on the head. Following the mallet aggression, the model tossed the doll up in the air and kicked it around the room. These aggressive acts were repeated three times, interspersed

“Self belief does not necessarily ensure success, but self disbelief assuredly spawns failure” (Bandura, 1997). Albert Bandura was affectionately described as the "jovial genius" by one of his former students for his wisdom, humility, and wonderful sense of humor. Albert Bandura believed that social learning formed the basis for personality development (Bandura, 1977). Bandura’s theory is perceived to be an “internal reward”, such examples include “pride, satisfaction and a sense of accomplishment” (Social Learning Theory: Understanding Bandura's Theory of Learning, n.d.). It is evident that internal thoughts and cognitions help connect learning theories with cognitive developmental theories. Bandura suggested that his concept surrounding the social learning theory could be considered a “social cognitive theory” (Social Learning Theory: Understanding Bandura's Theory of Learning, n.d.).