Observational Learning

What is observational learning?

• Learning from reading books
• Learning behavior but not showing behavior until rewarded
• Learning from the associations of stimuli
• Learning by watching the behavior of another person, or model

this psychologist ran a study with children and modeled behavior using a bobo-doll.

• Albert Schlansky
• John Watson
• Edward Toleman 
• Albert Bandura

For an individual to experience observational learning, he or she must

• Be rewarded immediately after performing an action.

• Imitate the behavior of a model.

• Be rewarded for every third instance of a behavior.

• Have other people observe and imitate one's own behavior.

The model in observational learning is the person who

• Follows the behavior of someone else.

• Is rewarded on a variable schedule.

• Is imitated by the learner.

• Becomes punished for violent behavior.

Which of the following is an example of observational learning?

• A little girl is punished for Grabbing her sister's hair.

• Students in a classroom have their recess taken away until they can be quiet.

• Young women wear clothes styled like those of a popular actress.

• A piano student becomes proficient at a new piece of music.

By observing a model (someone who serves as an example), a person may learn:

• New responses

• To carry out or avoid previously learnt responses

• A general rule that can be applied to various situations

• All of the above

What is the conclusion of the Bobo Doll experiment?

• Children enjoyed watching the experiment involving the Bobo doll

• They did not imitate the behaviour depicted in the Bobo doll experiment

• Aggression in the children increased when the model behaved aggressively towards the Bo-Bo doll

• All of the above

Observational learning is also known as

• Immitation

• Modelling

• Experiential Learning

• Stimulus-Response Approach