LEARNING
BIOLOGY COGNITION AND LEARNING
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Question
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Alice notices that her friend Ellen gets extra attention from the teacher when she acts helpless. Alice beings to act helpless as well.
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Bill knows that he will get a higher grade if he turns in a research paper that is typed rather than handwritten, but he turns in a handwritten paper anyway
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Connie sees her friend Maria scolded for chewing gum in class. She quickly takes out her own gum out of her mouth
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David sees Justin gets good grades when he works hard on his mathematics homework, but David doesn’t want to work that hard
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Detailed explanation-1: -A car driving down the road hits a huge hole and blows a tire. Drivers who observed the car hitting the hole are vicariously reinforced by the negative consequences and avoid the hole.
Detailed explanation-2: -A person is caught stealing and is taken to jail. Those who saw the person steal and receive punishment learn vicariously that stealing brings a negative consequence. If the vicarious punishment works, they won’t (or are less likely to) steal in the future.
Detailed explanation-3: -Vicarious reinforcement real-life examples include: Your child learns to say “please” because he/she saw a sibling say the same and get rewarded/praised for it. The child learns to eat his/her vegetables to get dessert because he/she saw a sibling finish their veggies and was allowed the sweets.
Detailed explanation-4: -Reading a book and hearing a story It gives us a new perspective of the strategies to apply to make our businesses more successful and gives us an idea of the things not to do. It is all a part of vicarious learning.