LEARNING
OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING
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Question
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Rhonda wears her bicycle helmet whenever she rides her bicycle because she will get into trouble if she does not wear it.
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Elaine has seen her teacher praise children who sit at the front of the class, so Elaine moves and sits at the front of the class.
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A dog learns to sniff drugs in luggage at the airport and is rewarded every second time he does
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A person with a phobia of snakes refuses to go to the zoo
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Detailed explanation-1: -For example, think about how a child may watch adults waving at one another and then imitates these actions later on. A tremendous amount of learning happens through this process. In psychology, this is referred to as observational learning.
Detailed explanation-2: -Researchers have conducted countless experiments designed to explore observational learning, the most famous of which is Albert Bandura’s “Bobo doll experiment.” In this experiment (Bandura, Ross & Ross 1961), Bandura had children individually observe an adult social model interact with a clown doll (“Bobo”).
Detailed explanation-3: -For example: An infant could learn to chew through watching adults chew food. After witnessing an older sibling being punished for taking a cookie without permission, the young child does not take cookies without permission.
Detailed explanation-4: -Observational learning is the process of learning by watching the behaviors of others. The targeted behavior is watched, memorized, and then mimicked. Also known as shaping and modeling, observational learning is most common in children as they imitate behaviors of adults.