PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thus vicarious emotional arousal is the basis of observational learning of attitudes. A model’s positive or negative emotional behavior should normally lead to an arousal of a similar emotion in an observer because of the latter’s conditioning history.

Detailed explanation-3: -Observational learning can even encourage behaviors that were previously forbidden (for example, the violent behavior towards the Bobo doll that children imitated in Albert Bandura’s study). Observational learning can also influence behaviors that are similar to, but not identical to, the ones being modeled.

Detailed explanation-4: -Observational learning describes the process of learning by watching others, retaining the information, and then later replicating the behaviors that were observed.