Behavioral and Cognitive Learning
Classical Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
Social Learning Theory
This theory was first thought up 35 years ago but Albert Bandura, and he believed that the traditional behavioral view of learning had many limitations. He looked at the differences between enactive and observational learning as well as learning and performance. Bandura said that enactive learning is “learning by doing and experiencing the consequences of your actions,” (Woolfolk 278). A key component of enactive learning is that consequences were useful in providing information to the learner. Observational learning, also called vicarious learning, is achieved through watching other people. Another key belief of Bandura is that “we all may know more than we show,” (Woolfolk 278) meaning if we see something done and then the person is rewarded, then we will imitate said act in hopes of being rewarded ourselves. Bandura experimented on preschool kids, showing a group of them an actor getting rewarded for beating up the Bobo doll, and were promised a reward if they did the same, while another group saw the actor being punished for beating up the Bobo doll, and the third group saw the actor getting no consequence at all. Then all of the children were put into a room with a Bobo doll and the ones who saw the actor reward were much more aggressive with it than the other children. (Woolfolk 278-279)
Information Processing Theory
Works Cited
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